average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to
intricate; elaborate; complicated; complex
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration
many; numerous; various; large number of
calm; composed; cool; quiet
to eat up (completely); to put down (a rebellion); to suppress; (arch.) to make flat; (arch.) to level out
helmeted guinea fowl (Numida meleagris)
to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on
to get a lump in one's throat; to overflow with feelings; to be overwhelmed with emotion
proposal; offer; request; application
to get drunk; to become intoxicated; to feel sick (e.g. in a vehicle); to become nauseated; to be elated; to be exalted
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
restoration; rehabilitation; recovery; recovery (from an illness); recuperation; convalescence
simple; plain; modest; frugal; reserved
to be too numerous; to be too much
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than
limited stocks; limited lines; limited supplies
(table) napkin; serviette; sanitary napkin; sanitary pad
mouth; lips; shape of the mouth; near an entrance; vicinity of an entrance
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
sauce; Worcestershire sauce
to coo at; to behave like a spoiled child; to snort; to sniff
all; altogether; entirely; exactly like; just like; spitting image of
half and half; fifty-fifty
to make use of aizuchi; to back-channel; to throw in interjections to show that one is paying attention
satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
to serve; to dish up; to dish out
depending on; dependent on
to set one's hand to; to start work on; to embezzle; to use (money obtained in illegal fashion); to have sexual relations; to have an affair
manners; behavior; behaviour
to chide; to rebuke; to reprove
showing no concern at all; being not at all bothered; devil-may-care attitude
to finger; to touch; to make changes to; to tinker with; to dabble in; to do as a hobby
to wear (formal clothing) in a casual fashion
awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained
driver (of a vehicle); screwdriver; driver (golf); driver; device driver
case (of a machine, computer, etc.); casing; housing; enclosure; cabinet; chassis