service business (hotels, restaurants, etc.); service industry; hospitality industry
dropout; quitter; deserter
dropping out; falling behind; omission; being left out; falling off; coming off
fishing; angling; change (for a purchase); clickbaiting; trolling; bait
leader; authority; mainstay
otherwise; or else; if not
(examination) failure; rejection; disqualification
teriyaki (meat or fish marinated in sweet soy sauce and broiled)
grotesque; bizarre; weird; grotesque (style)
to loiter; to hang around; to wander around; to prowl; to roam
household violence (esp. adolescent children towards parents); domestic violence
safety zone; traffic island
deliverables; delivered product
roundhouse kick; turning kick
total blockage; complete shutdown; stopping completely; shutout
indication; (thermometer) reading
to thrust away; to send flying
personal feelings; self-interest
failing to be elected; election defeat; losing an election; not being accepted (for a prize, exhibition, etc.); rejection; failing to win a prize
spiderweb; spider web; spider's web; cobweb
to consider; to eye the possibility (of); to bring into view
food to fill one's stomach; something to satisfy one's hunger
pursuer; pursuing party; posse
dislike of very hot food or drink; inability to take hot food; (lit.) cat tongue
device; instrument; vessel; container; ability; capacity
to melt; to liquefy; to dissolve (in a liquid); to bring into solution; to lose (money; through gambling, etc.); to squander
to find fault (with); to cavil (at); to carp (about); to throw a wet blanket (on); to throw cold water (on); to jinx
benevolence (esp. as a virtue of Confucianism); consideration; human; kernel; nucleolus
definitely; absolutely; without doubt; absolute; unconditional
living apart from one's family; living alone; person who lives alone
derisory; negligible; minimal; nominal; imperceptible
(in spite of) being old enough to know better
gap; narrow space between things; valley; gorge; loophole (in a castle wall); arrow slit
inheritance; succession; share-alike; inheritance
to walk in on; to tread upon
(large) compilation; culmination (of hard work)
going in and out of style; changes in fashion