juice; soft drink (usu. fruit-based); sweetened drink
simple diet; plain food; simple food; frugal meal
grand; luxurious; lavish; great; large; big (e.g. storm)
unsatisfied; unsatisfactory; insufficient
not the time for; not the place for; far from; anything but; ... is out of the question; ... isn't the word for it
to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
hour; o'clock; (specified) time; when ...; during ...
designation; specification; assignment; appointment; pointing at
unpolished rice; unmilled rice; brown rice
older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am; older girl
to take (seat, position, course, office, etc.); to assume; to ascend (the throne); to accede; to start (on a journey); to commence
trio; gang of three; threesome
fully; luxuriantly; fluffy; plump; soft and full
tired; frazzled; tiresome; tiring; draining
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
rebound; relapse after a diet; regaining lost weight; return of symptoms after withdrawal of medicine
regular customer; regular patron; frequenter; constant companion
insincere smile; ingratiating smile; polite smile; forced smile
reset; fresh start; new beginning
sanity; consciousness; soberness
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
friend of a mother who is also a mother; mothers who are friends
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
with a start; with a jump
university student; college student
senior high school student
this and that; this or that; one thing or another; this way and that
dealing with (people, customers, complaints, etc.); receiving (callers, visitors, etc.); attending to; handling; serving
to eat up (completely); to put down (a rebellion); to suppress; (arch.) to make flat; (arch.) to level out
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
to take lessons in; to be taught; to learn (from a teacher); to study (under a teacher); to get training in
review (of learned material); revision
laptop (computer); notebook (computer)
to be of benefit; to be useful; to be good for you
dear (old); fondly-remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
a long time (since the last time); first in a long time