pinch; tough spot; bind; clothespin; clothes peg
occasionally; once in a while; now and then
paying; remunerative; advantageous; profitable
with meals; meals inclusive
food expenses; money for food; charge for board
touching; moving; painful
shop; store; someone who sells (something) or works as (something); someone with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
weak and small; inferior in strength and size; minor; young; youthful
solidarity; joint; collective
direct control; direct supervision
room; wife (of someone of high rank); scabbard; Chinese "Encampment" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
branch; branch office; subdivision
person in charge; senior staff; manager; chief; head
true character; true form; true colors; consciousness; one's senses
activity (esp. energetic or successful); great efforts; active participation; walking about with great vigor
salary reduction; salary cut
feeling ashamed; feeling of one's inferiority
gravure; photogravure; rotogravure; gravure picture
poverty; need; destitution; having great difficulty with; struggling greatly with; being in distress
active duty; active service; student taking (university) entrance exams while still enrolled in school; student who passed their university entrance exams on the first try
popularity; public favor; condition (e.g. market); tone; character
bikini model (usually teenage); pin-up girl
very popular; highly favoured
billboard; advertising tower; face (of a company, group, etc.); poster girl; poster boy
implication; nuance; shade of meaning; connotation
boxed lunch eaten at a film or TV shoot
quality; value; nature; inherent quality; logical quality
to fall; to drop; to set (of the sun or moon); to sink; to decrease (of popularity, quality, speed, sales, etc.); to fall; to be inferior (to)
straightforwardly; readily; without hesitation
to approach; to draw near
head; chief; top student; head of the class; top seat; first desk (in orchestra)
graduation; completion (of a course); moving on (from); outgrowing (something); leaving (a group, company, etc.); quitting
living together; coexistence
to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)
in a subdued voice; in undertones; in a whisper; in a mumble; in a murmur
cosmetics; beauty products; toiletries; makeup
necessary expenses; due charges; tax deductible expenses
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
Wagyu (any of four breeds of Japanese cattle); Wagyu beef
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
to shake; to jolt; to rock (cradle); to blackmail; to extort; to shake down