rice and curry; curry rice
mixing; compounding; dispensing (e.g. prescription)
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
performer; entertainer; celebrity
your house; your home; your husband; your organization; you
to drop; to lose; to let fall
screw; key (of a clock, watch, etc.); spring (of a clock, watch, etc.)
to remind (someone of something); to call attention to; to make sure of; to emphasize; to emphasise
intensely; severely; strictly; tightly; compactly; closely
what with this and that; for a number of reasons
debut; doing something for the first time; starting anew; starting afresh
to laugh away; to laugh off
to express (in words); to confess
the trouble is that ...; the problem is that ...; unfortunately; annoyingly
on countless occasions; many a time
carelessly; thoughtlessly; inadvertently
have to (verb); must (verb); is indispensable; absolutely necessary
show business; entertainment industry; world of entertainment
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
to use as a pretext; to use as an excuse
bad; wrong; evil; no good; wicked; reprehensible
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
to taste; to try (food or drink)
weekday; ordinary days (i.e. non-holiday); kanji radical 73
attendance (on); chaperonage; attendant; escort; entourage
spine; line of the backbone; seam down the back (of clothing)
market price; speculation (e.g. on stocks); reputation (according to conventional wisdom); estimation
curry (esp. Japanese curry); rice and curry
dispersing; breaking up; running away
to take for granted; to assume; to pretend (to be); to pose (as); to go through with (what one decided to do); to persist in doing
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
numbness; going to sleep (of a limb); pins and needles
(earthenware) mortar (for grinding)