appetizer or snack served with drinks; performance to liven up a bar; conversation to liven up a party
alcohol; (alcohol-based) hand sanitizer
to break (into pieces); to be broken; to collapse; to crumble; to become less formal; to throw off reserve
recess; break time; break between classes; free period; recess time; recreation hour
memorial service held on the seventh day following a person's death
dinner party; ceremonial dinner; dinner meeting (or lunch, breakfast)
to state; to express; to mention
to meet; to face someone; to co-star; to appear together; to be matched; to face against
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling, atmosphere, etc.); serious; gloomy
career; carrier (disease, signal, warship, etc.); carrier; telephone company; career government employee
model (of machine, device); model of aircraft; type of aircraft
elimination; erasure; clearing; elimination (of variables)
multi-level marketing; MLM; network marketing; pyramid selling
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
excessive self-consciousness; excessively self-conscious person
historical play; period drama
remains; traces; (the sorrow of) parting; end
dark gray; dark grey; donjiki (clerical dress)
to shine; to glow; to look attractive; to look nice; to be set off (by)
Japanese style; light wind; moderate breeze
uncertain; doubtful; unreliable; unsteady; unclear; vague
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); lying down; side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside
water-filled bamboo tube which clacks against a stone when emptied; device for scaring birds from gardens
coloured carp; colored carp
to take advantage (e.g. of a weak situation); to size up (e.g. customer when setting a high price)
obsession; fixation; complaining; criticizing; speciality (e.g. of restaurants)
price; cost; charge; payment; bill; fee
etc.; et cetera; and so on
to know (a person); to think
tone color; tone colour; tone quality; timbre
to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument)
to take lessons in; to be taught; to learn (from a teacher); to study (under a teacher); to get training in