jingle; ding; ringing of small bells
dressed up (in fine clothes)
to profit; to get; to have (bear, beget) a child; to have a stroke of luck
treatment (esp. hair treatment)
sleeping late in the morning; sleeping in; lie-in; late riser; person who is bad at getting up in the morning
floating; drifting; suspension; (arch.) wandering (about)
resuming work after the New Year's vacation; first time that one works in the year
external; foreign (e.g. relations); public (e.g. image)
window blind; blinds; blind
answering machine; answerphone
rice cakes cut into rectangles (esp. eaten on New Year's Day)
to burn; to scorch; to singe; to char
dangerous; critical; grave; uncertain; unreliable; dodgy
dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook
palace; tonic (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); ancient Chinese punishment (castration for men, or confinement for women); zodiacal sign
castle (in place names); castle; fortress
to put (up) in the wrong place; to hang in the wrong place; to differ (e.g. of opinions); to clash; to miss (meeting) each other; to pass each other by
tediously; persistently; lazily; idly; (boiling) to a pulp; to a mash
infotainment television program; information program; program of announcements
in any case; at all events; no matter how things turn out; whichever way it goes
circular notice (esp. in binder form; passed around households within a neighbourhood association, etc.)
fluently (speaking a foreign language); incessantly (speaking); glibly; one after the other (flipping through pages); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy
municipality; local government; self-governing body; autonomous body
branch office; police box; local police station
order picking (taking goods from a warehouse to fulfil customer orders); lock picking; picking (a guitar, banjo, etc.)
unable to leave the work at hand; right in the middle of something; tied up; busy
telephone booth; telephone box
to wrench open; to break open; to pry open; to prise open; to force open
mask; disguise; guise; mask
presenter; speaker; performer; actor; participant (in a TV show or TV panel)
possession (by a spirit, demon, etc.); dependence (on)
hollow; cavity; dent; depression
sunflower (Helianthus annuus)
chickweed (Stellaria sp.); stitchwort
to bind (a criminal) with rope; to arrest; to seize; to bind (something) with rope
busy (phone); in talks; discussion underway
to get worked up; to be eager (enthusiastic); to rouse oneself
cutting to pieces; tearing to pieces
just; right; pure; genuine; truth
paper knife; letter opener
remainder of the year; rest of the year