rate; ratio; profit; assignment; 10%; unit of ten percent; match
carefree; comfortable; at ease; easygoing; happy-go-lucky
some; any; please; anyway; anyhow
to drop; to let fall; to omit
(with a) slamming noise (door, telephone receiver); (with a) banging noise; (with a) clash (broken dish); (with a) clank; (with a) bang
glossy (e.g. hair); sleek; shiny; lustrous
to obtain; to come into possession of; to get hold of; to get one's hands on
O-Bon; Obon; Bon Festival; tray
cup (drinking vessel, measure, brassiere, prize, etc.)
to divide; to cut; to halve; to break; to crack; to dilute; to fall below
nudity; stark naked; in one's bare skin; penniless
to look away; to avert one's eyes
tea (usu. green); tea break (at work); tea ceremony
to tickle; to tickle (one's curiosity, vanity, etc.); to arouse; to make laugh; to amuse
to hold in one's mouth (without biting, before chewing or swallowing, etc.)
(not) so; (not) particularly; (not) very; (not) that much
to taste; to taste of; to have a taste
motherland; fatherland; native country
combination; assortment; matching (in a contest); pairing; combination
person's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
to be muddy; to be slushy
to fall forward (of a person); to tumble forward
to erase; to drown out (e.g. a voice); to make disappear
soaked; drenched; sopping; incessantly (raining); drizzling
sopping wet; dripping wet; sodden; drenched; soaked
disastrous; tragic; miserable; wretched; pitiful; woeful
to become defiant; to fight back; to turn upon; to take the offensive
it's no big deal; it's nothing to fret about; it's not like it's the end of the world
having presence of mind; self-possessed; imperturbable; calm and self-possessed
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
good feeling; feeling good
to put on clothes; to wear clothes; to be the personification of
one way or another; in many ways; in various ways
being painfully-true (e.g. reprimand); making one's ears burn; striking home (e.g. remark); having an earache; feeling pain in one's ear
real intention; motive; true opinion; what one really thinks
to dry (clothes, etc.); to desiccate
hook (esp. for clothing); hook and eye; snap fastener; press stud; hock (white wine)
to air; to dry; to drain (off); to drink up; to deprive of a role, job, etc.