manual labor; manual labour; toil; Labour Party
barking up the wrong tree; calling at the wrong house
ingenious idea; excellent plan; bright idea
rich (in flavor, color, smell, etc.); thick; very likely; highly possible; passionate; hot
good performance; good work; great success
releasing on parole; conditional release
with a glitter; with a sparkle; brand new; shiny and new
standoffishly; primly; pungently (of a smell); acridly; long and pointed (e.g. of a nose); popping (of ears)
friendly; openhearted; sociable; amiable; good-humored; good-humoured
curry (esp. Japanese curry); rice and curry
to hold the steering wheel; to drive (a car)
exquisite; superb; perfect; miraculous
mind; spirit; attitude; mentality; spirit (of a matter); essence
to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)
to come and go; to go back and forth
hustle and bustle; throng; crowd; congestion; traffic jam
tolerance; broad-mindedness
to shake; to wave; to swing; to sway
to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent
to tickle; to tickle (one's curiosity, vanity, etc.); to arouse; to make laugh; to amuse
nori; laver; edible seaweed, usu. Porphyra yezoensis or P. tenera, usu. dried and pressed into sheets
nikujaga; meat and potato stew
to be fed up (with); to be tired (of); to be bored (with); to be unable to bear
miserable; wretched; lonely; dreary; shabby; comfortless
to be crowded; to be packed; to be jammed
tranquil; calm; quiet; peaceful
air transportation; air transport
second-year student; biennial
public square; square; plaza; open space; clearing
dilapidated house; tumbledown house; my house; my home; small resting place comprising four pillars and a roof (with no walls)
full particulars; the whole story; from beginning to end
reward; compensation; collateral; security; turning to look behind
to settle peacefully; to work out peacefully; to come to an amicable solution; to become reconciled
way of speaking; intimation
to pull down; to lower; to reduce; to withdraw
investigation (e.g. into someone's guilt); questioning; pressing; catching up; overtaking
oh my god; how; what the; incredible
to bend; to crook; to lean; to tilt; to bend (the truth); to distort
to go too far; to go past; to go to extremes; to overdo it
first period (e.g. first class in school day)
to turn upside down; to turn (face) downward
because of; on account of; regarding; per; apiece
replacement; substitution; rebuilding; changing
to listen attentively to; to be lost in
upper part; upper stream; upper course of a river; right side of the stage (audience's or camera's POV); stage left (actor's POV); skillful (in comparisons)