cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
to bring up a subject; to touch on a matter
to fold one's arms; to link arms with someone
to assemble; to set up; to construct
color spraypaint; colour spraypaint
root; source; origin; foundation; basis; essence
bust-waist-hip measurements; vital statistics
complete picture; panorama; what it all adds up to; bird's eye view; all-embracing portrait; overall perspective
deformity; malformation; strange shape; unusual shape
numerical value; numerics; reading (on a meter, etc.)
sailing; marching; going out; dispatch
police; polis (ancient Greek city state); -city
frequency (esp. of waveforms)
escape from reality; escapism; ostrichism
person concerned; person qualified; person in question; party; litigant (legal)
to be furnished with; to be provided with; to be possessed of; to be endowed with; to be among; to be one of
women and children; woman; grown woman; wife
to become clumsy; to miss one's aim
to spill; to fall out of; to peek through; to become visible (although normally not); to escape (of a smile, tear, etc.)
to be stunned; to be surprised; (lit.) one's eyes turn into dots (like a cartoon character)
to need; to demand; to take; to require
female high-school student
wrong impression; subjective impression; assumption; prejudice
fiction; fabrication; concoction; fictitious; fictional; imaginary
steady progress; rapid advance
public square; square; plaza; open space; clearing
beef tongue (a specialty of Sendai); ox tongue
dairy cow; dairy cattle; milk cow; milch cow
to drop into; to slip into; to let fall into; to slide (something) down
to place both hands on the ground (to express respect, apology or to present a request)
barely; narrowly; only just; with difficulty
volume (of book); reel (of film); scroll (of books or paintings); roll (paper, etc.)
one roll; one book; one volume; first volume; rolling once; wrapping once around
foundation; base; basis; from the beginning; from the outset; by nature
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
large crowd; large herd; large flock; large school; large shoal; swarm
side job (outside of one's main employment); side gig; part job (carried out at home); home industry; (secretly) working on something unrelated to the class (or conference, etc.) one is attending
grasshopper; locust (of superfamily Acridoidea)
passenger pigeon (Ectopistes migratorius)
to cover up the sky (e.g. smoke)
to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely
to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to