hospitalization; hospitalisation
leaving hospital; discharge from hospital
saying something (to someone); greeting; approaching (someone)
running about; making every effort; being busily engaged (in something); good offices
astringent; bitter; austere; elegant (and unobtrusive); sour (look); glum
How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?
declining; refusal; nonacceptance; turning down; withdrawal (e.g. of candidacy); pulling out (e.g. of a race)
duration; continuance; survival; persistence; retention
to fear; to doubt; to have misgivings about; to worry about; to be anxious about; to be apprehensive about
impossible proposition; unreasonable proposal; tall order
to start (something); to start up; to boot (a computer); to launch (a business)
definite; final; decisive; conclusive
fashion; fad; vogue; prevalence (e.g. of a disease)
rock (music); rock; boulder; on the rocks
worthless; shit; disparaging; demeaning
decisive blow; game-winning hit (e.g. in baseball)
personal grudge; personal enmity
part; part-timer; part-time (work)
headdress; crown; covering; fogging (photography); blushing
first prize; gold medal; blue ribbon
to set off an explosive; to start a fire under someone; to motivate someone with rough words
remodeling; remodelling; restructuring; modding
for use by children; for children
pick; plectrum; ice pick; pickaxe; pick (of an ice axe); pick (tool for picking a lock)
to recognize by sound (recognise); to identify by sound; to understand; to be reasonable
potato (Solanum tuberosum)
nikujaga; meat and potato stew
ramen; Chinese-style noodles
wearisome; insipid; dull; irksome; wretched; vain
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
example; simile; metaphor; allegory
dryness; aridity; drying (e.g. clothes); insipidity
sponge gourd (Luffa aegyptiaca); Egyptian cucumber; loofah; loofa; something useless
hollow; sharply; cleanly (of cutting); smoothly
skillful; skilled; proficient; flattery