preheat (oven, etc.); warm up (engine, etc.)
discouragement; despondency; dejection; disappointment
scenery; scene; landscape
tap-tap; knock-knock; cough-cough; bark (of a fox); yelp; heavily (e.g. of snow falling)
to jump out; to rush out; to appear (suddenly); to protrude; to project; to butt in
scene; view; prospect; outlook
dark clouds gather; threatening signs emerge; trouble is afoot
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
response (felt in the hands); resistance; reaction; response; effect
to sell (well); to be well known; to be popular; to be famous
intimacy; friendship; familiarity
trouble; bother; trouble; difficulty; care; attention
bakery; baker; pastry shop
quite clearly; quite distinctly; perfectly; exactly
importing goods privately; private importing
look!; there!; here!; that is
a little bit; a little while
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
personal (affairs, reasons, etc.)
circumstances; condition; to arrange; to manage; to lend money; to raise money
luggage; baggage; burden; payload (of a packet, cell, etc.)
anything and everything; all sorts of things; by all means
returning tit for tat; retaliating
to stare fixedly at; to fix one's gaze on; to make sure of; to set one's eyes on (e.g. the future); to focus on
mess; jumble; muddle; chaos
anything and everything; just about everything
to put out one's tongue; to stick out one's tongue
to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to look down on (someone); to make fun of
spirit; drive; vigour; ambition; aspiration
to be stormy or choppy (sea); to go through hard times; to be broke; to be gloomy; to be glum
to break; to be broken; to be folded; to give in; to back down; to turn (a corner)
from the beginning; without hesitation; flatly (e.g. refusing); entirely; completely
to go through; to pierce; to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out
one long cylindrical thing; one film, TV show, etc.; one version; one book; a certain book; ippon; one point
to split; to tear; to burst; to be separated; to be divided
to have a hole; to be pierced (with a hole)
unprecedented; never happened before; first time in history
face; mug; surface; cheek meat; (arch.) cheek; (arch.) cheeks