everyday clothes; ordinary clothes; casual wear; informal dress
stand-offish; distant; not frank; watery (alcohol, coffee, etc.)
at this juncture; after all this time; at this stage; now
to cause to swell; to inflame
to choke; to be choked by; to be stifled by
business district; shopping district; bustling street; shopping centre; shopping center; downtown
investigation (e.g. into someone's guilt); questioning; pressing; catching up; overtaking
never mind!; don't worry about it
to feel hot; to flush; to burn
to melt; to thaw; to fuse; to dissolve
gum; rubber; eraser; condom
pickled (something); pickled in (something); preserved in; overreliance on (e.g. medication); excessive use of
labour; labor; effort; toil; trouble
to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely
(on) one's own; (by) oneself
(wearing only) a pair of underpants
to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake
troublesome; bothersome; tiresome; annoying
to contact; to get in touch with; to check in (with)
absence due to illness; sick leave
to get better; to get well; to recover (from an illness); to be cured; to be restored; to heal
thin rice porridge; watery cooked rice; rice gruel; congee
recipe; prescription (medical); how-to guide (e.g. crafts)
looking up (e.g. a word in a dictionary); retrieval (e.g. data); searching for; referring to
materials; ingredients; material (for a novel, experiment, etc.); subject matter; grounds (for a decision, judgement, etc.); basis
eggs; egg; (hen's) egg; (an expert) in the making; beginning; origin
Welsh onion (Allium fistulosum); green onion; spring onion
umeboshi; pickled dried ume; pickled dried plum
many; much; plenty; hardly
bell pepper; green pepper; pimiento; pimento; capsicum
carrot (Daucus carota); Asian ginseng (Panax ginseng)
Lyophyllum shimeji (species of edible mushroom); euagaric fungus (in grocery stores, usu. refers to cultivated field mushrooms, etc.)
plastic wrap; cling film; cling wrap; to wrap in plastic wrap
freezing; cold storage; refrigeration
to roll; to tumble; to fall over; to roll over; to lie down; to be scattered about; to be lying around
leisure time; idle moment
stockpile; reserves; storing; stocking up; laying in (supplies)
process; procedure; sequence; protocol; instruction