performance (as opposed to practice); going before an audience or on-air; game; match; high of the season; height (of summer, etc.)
entrance; entry; gate; approach; mouth
trust me and ...; just take my word for it and ...; (lit.) think that you have been tricked, and ...
piling up; multiple layers
hidden room; secret chamber
advance warning; previous notice; prior announcement; herald; harbinger; forerunner
making (a report, plan, contract, etc.); drawing up; writing out; preparing; creating (a file, website, account, etc.)
to make sense; to be meaningful
intruder; invader; trespasser; raider
to end; to be finished; to die; to perish; to do utterly; to do completely
white (bleached) bone; skeleton
smelling of mold; musty; putrid; old-fashioned; stale; hackneyed
to go into; to come into; to penetrate; to become complicated
ox-headed demon (in hell)
the human body; one's person
just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)
good flavor (flavour); good taste; umami (fifth category of taste in food); skill; cleverness; profit
detour; circumvention; turning movement
destination; whereabouts; future; prospects
seeing (with the naked eye); observation; visual inspection
dango; dumpling (usu. sweet); ball-shaped object; something round; lump; group
in a manner of speaking; as it were; so to speak; if you like; per se
fat; chubby; fatso; fatty; fat person
to suck on; to cling to; to chew on
speckled with white; salt-and-pepper (pattern, fabric, etc.); marbling (of beef); (of fish, chicken, shellfish, etc.) blanching by exposure to boiling and then icy water; formation of frost
likes and dislikes; tastes; preferences; pickiness (esp. about food); choosiness; fussiness
milk; infant formula; formula; condensed milk
first-rate; finest quality; the best
breastfeeding; nursing; suckling
subordinate; underling; henchman; minion
how; in what way; how (much); to what extent; however (much); no matter how
to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort
rich (flavor, color, etc.); strong (e.g. odor); probable; (very) likely; passionate; sensuous
container; receptacle; vessel; packaging
milking (a cow, goat, etc.); breast pumping; milk expression
skeptical; sceptical; incredulous
to pour into; to wash down (food); to insert (e.g. into a data stream); to integrate
to some extent; to a certain extent
joint establishment (esp. schools of different levels or different courses of study); establishment as an annex (e.g. of a school); juxtaposition; placing side by side
to collect; to gather; to arrange; to put in order; to make uniform; to make even