apathy; indifference; listlessness; athymia
mimesis; mimicry; camouflage
claim (for compensation); customer complaint seeking compensation; (general) complaint; objection
to melt; to thaw; to fuse; to dissolve
ahead; before; the future
break room; lounge (e.g. in an onsen); resting room
spare time; free time; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; quitting (one's job); firing someone
bento; Japanese box lunch
calculating; sly; cunning; flirty; flirtatious
to be wet; to be moist; to get dim; to become blurred; to become tear-choked
hundredfold; hundred times as much; much more (than previously)
to give advice; to counsel; to take part in a consultation
exploitation; bleeding dry; squeezing dry; milking (e.g. a cow's teat); extracting (a liquid) through squeezing
equality (esp. of status); equal footing; equal terms
resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
backyard; background; room in a store or restaurant not open to customers (often storage room)
storehouse; warehouse; godown
to demarcate; to delimit; to divide (an area); to punctuate; to put an end to (e.g. a sentence); to insert pauses or breaks (e.g. when reading aloud)
isolation; separation; remoteness; seclusion; reclusion; inaccessibility
surveillance camera; security camera
(computer) monitor; consumer who comments on products, television programs, etc. (programmes); program or utility that monitors a program or activity
folding chair (with tubular metal frame)
ice; ice cream; icecream; (arch.) usurer; (arch.) usury
somehow; somewhat; seemingly
malicious; ill-tempered; unkind
to be kind to; to treat kindly
gender equality; equal rights for both sexes; equality of the sexes
to value; to prize; to esteem; to respect
imbalance; disproportion; disparity; mismatch; asymmetry
to become angry or sullen; to take offense; to be miffed; to come unstuck from; to peel off; to come off
directly opposite; right in front
need for caution; need for care; requiring special attention
user's manual; instruction manual; operation manual
all night; throughout the night
trembling (with fear, cold, etc.); shaking; chattering (of teeth); coming loose; wobbling
to fish; to angle; to catch; to lure in; to tempt; to attract
clicking one's tongue; tut-tut; smacking one's lips (with relish)