in short; in brief; to sum up; ultimately; in the end; in the long run
to fill in a hole; to plug a gap (money, personnel, etc.); to make up for a deficiency; to cover a deficit
being done for; giving up; being in a hopeless situation; not knowing what to do; being brought to one's knees; (lit.) throwing up (one's) hands
spot; point; place; position
to pile up; to stack up; to accumulate
criticism; judgement; judgment; comment
speciality; specialty; special subject of study; sole interest; single focus; concentrating exclusively on
counterattack; slashing back; railway switchback; twisting backward knee trip
no, not like that (but like this)
rate; ratio; one tenth; ten percent; (comparative) profit; gain; assignment
to be able to reach; to be within one's reach; to be able to afford; to be near (a certain age)
to live; to make a living; to get on with
to ask again; to repeat one's question; to ask back; to ask in return; to counter
to keep one's mouth shut; to refuse to talk
French food; French cooking; French cuisine
down-market; popular; mass-market
dining room; dining hall; cafeteria; restaurant; eatery; snack bar
weather; fair weather; fine weather
making; forming; cultivating; form; appearance
(level of) comfort (in the place one lives)
emergency; accident; worst case; unexpected occurrence
back (of a chair); backrest
unpleasant; awkward; embarrassing; uneasy
unable to stay (on); unable to endure being somewhere a second longer; feel like running away
slapping on (stamp, sticker); flopping down
studies; schoolwork; classwork
to resonate emotionally (with one); to strike a chord; to be gut-wrenching
edge (of a knife or sword); blade; prong (of an electrical plug)
brightly colored; vivid; colorful; colourful; brilliant; radiant
explanation; excuse; clarification; vindication; apology
to begin to rain; to begin to snow
restaurant that only serves set meals
downpour; pouring rain; heavy rain; pelting rain; cloudburst
office worker; company employee; company man; salaryman
stance with legs in an L-shape, with one leg bent in front and other extended behind (martial arts, traditional theater)
to make use of aizuchi; to back-channel; to throw in interjections to show that one is paying attention
How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?
difficult problem; challenge
cruel; hard-hearted; harsh; unkind
(inflectional) ending of a word; end of a sentence
large drop (of rain, sweat, tears, etc.); large grain-like object (e.g. grape, cherry)
unexpected; unforeseen; inconceivable