delicious; tasty; sweet; attractive; appealing; convenient
pleasantly warm; nice and warm; repeatedly (hitting someone); again and again; over and over
to taste; to try (food or drink)
human relations; personal relationships
lubricating oil; lubricant; lube; person or thing that makes things run smoothly; facilitator
to say; to speak; to tell; to talk
juice; soft drink (usu. fruit-based); sweetened drink
very loose; slowly; leisurely
to pour (into a vessel); to fill (a cup, bowl, etc.) with; to dish out (food or drink)
staring-out (down) game; game in which two children looking at each other try to make the opponents laugh first; constant looking at something (e.g. the computer screen, the clock, etc.)
permission; allowance; acceptance; tolerance; pardon
public (attention, recognition, etc.); social (standing, acceptance, etc.); worldly (fame, desires, etc.)
and so on; and so forth; et cetera; comment; criticism
cancellation; withdrawal; abolition; revocation; cancel; CAN
what people say; rumours; public opinion
door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows
to stand up; to put up; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to start (a rumour); to make
member of the lower house; member of the House of Representatives
sweetly (smiling); broadly (grinning)
police; police officer; police station
intimate friend; close friend; bosom buddy; chum
prefectural assembly member
city councillor; city councilor; city assemblyman
no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
to stub out (e.g. a cigarette); to crush out; to smother (fire); to hush up; to cover up; to stifle
implicitly; indirectly; tacitly; by implication; obscurely
standoffishly; primly; pungently (of a smell); acridly; long and pointed (e.g. of a nose); popping (of ears)
to destroy; to demolish; to disturb; to put into disorder; to relax (one's pose); to make oneself at ease; to break (a bill)
to turn away (one's eyes, face, etc.); to avert; to displease; to annoy; to miss (the target, ball, etc.)
with a plunge (of something sharp into something soft); with a thrust; with a stab; sullenly; sulkily; glumly
so-so; passable; now, now; my, my
bust-waist-hip measurements; vital statistics
white heat; incandescence; becoming excited; getting heated (e.g. of a discussion); reaching a climax
argument; discussion; theory (e.g. of evolution); doctrine; essay; treatise
suitable; proper; appropriate; perfunctory; half-minded; sloppy
condition; state; health; state (of health); way; manner