countertop; tabletop; baking tray; baking sheet
substitution; replacement; shifting; change
(hand) gesture; movement of the hand
indication; denotation; designation; instructions; directions
once and for all; completely; spotlessly
summons; summonsing; citation; subpoena; arraigning; calling
at hand; on hand; way of moving one's arms; skill; money at hand; pocket money
temporary; provisional; fictitious; assumed (name); hypothetical; theoretical
inscription; epitaph; (manufacturer's) engraved signature; motto; maxim
actually; really; truly; in practice; practically
to take in one's hand; to pick up; to obtain
reappearance; reemergence; return; reproduction; reenactment; recreation
troubled face; worried expression
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
real thing; original; actual
opposite side; other side; other party
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
to get close; to cuddle close together; to nestle close to; to snuggle up to
eyeball; special feature; centerpiece; special program; loss leader; sunny-side up fried egg
(in) his way; peculiar to him
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
alright; all right; right on; looking good; OK; okay
to look downwards (at); to lower one's gaze; to drop one's eyes
to be in a hurry; to be impatient; to be anxious (to do); to get a fright; to panic; to get flustered
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
from the place (where); from the fact that ...; caused by the fact that ...; because
up through; up until; down to; from ... to ... (e.g. from head to toe); everything from ... to ...
irresponsible; perfunctory; lukewarm; half-baked; reasonable; moderate
kana; Japanese syllabary (i.e. hiragana, katakana)
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
branch; bough; limb; twig; sprig; spray
to cut off; to excise; to tear off; to cut out; to whittle down; to tear out
ingredient; (raw) material; unprocessed timber; raw timber; subject matter; topic
the whole year; all the year
March; third month of the lunar calendar
twenty-fourth day of the month; twenty-four days
association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
care; looking after; repair; (police) raid; crackdown
practice; practising; training; study
to remove; to eliminate; to eradicate; to exclude; to except