to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
bento; Japanese box lunch
set; set meal; combo-meal; hairdo
lunch; noon; midday; daytime; waking up; getting up
monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision
convenient; favorable; favourable; expedient; expedience
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
to adopt (method, proposal, etc.); to take (measure, course of action, etc.); to pick (e.g. flowers); to gather (e.g. mushrooms); to extract (e.g. juice); to take (e.g. a sample); to assume (an attitude)
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
men and women; man and woman; both sexes; both genders
main cause; primary factor
most part; greater part; majority
endurance; patience; perseverance; self-control; self-restraint
handmade; homegrown; hand-crafted; homemade
impossible to understand; impossible to decipher
many; numerous; various; large number of
at hand; on hand; way of moving one's arms; skill; money at hand; pocket money
to look downwards (at); to lower one's gaze; to drop one's eyes
to feel like; to feel inclined to do
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
grasping (with one's bare hands); holding; grabbing; seizing; catching
one of two (possibilities, alternatives, etc.)
eating like a dog; sloppy eating; (arch.) dog fighting
maintenance; preservation; improvement
to resolve; to ready (oneself); to make up one's mind
indirect kiss (e.g. drinking from a cup someone has just used)
rolled egg; rolled omelette (omelet); fried egg; frying pan for making rolled eggs
to break into a smile; to smile broadly; to beam
sushi shop; sushi restaurant; sushi bar
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
amount of information; information content (information theory); Shannon information; surprisal
to be lacking in options; to be too few
judgement; judgment; decision; adjudication; award; verdict
to lean (to one side); to incline; to be unbalanced (e.g. diet); to be unduly weighted towards; to be partial; to be biased
carefree; free from worry
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration
to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake