matter for great congratulation
threatening voice; threatening tone
to plant; to transplant; to instil (idea, feeling, etc.)
life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life
patient; having a long fuse
good-natured person; good person; (one's) lover; boyfriend; girlfriend
to step on; to trample down; to tread on
minute adjustment; fine tuning
sash clip (fastener); ornament worn over an obi
opium poppy (Papaver somniferum)
tide; current; tendency; trend
being attracted by physical looks only; person who puts much store by good looks
tolerant; generous; lenient; broad-minded; magnanimous
to cook (grains, e.g. rice); to boil; to simmer; to stew
on the bone (meat, etc.); unboned; skeletal system; skeleton
fish-based cooking; fish dish
somehow; somewhat; seemingly
to be used to eating; to become used to eating; to be accustomed to eating; to acquire a taste for
(another person's) younger sister
malicious gossip; backbiting; speaking ill behind someone's back
sharing a table with someone you don't know (e.g. at a restaurant)
working one's employees hard; being a slave-driver
leaving a device on (e.g. TV, air conditioner); leaving something engaged (e.g. a key in a lock)
inexpert or untrained eyes
to be sacked; to be fired; to be dismissed; to be beheaded
disposition; temperament; temper; nature
one-way (trip); one-way ticket
twentieth day of the month; twenty days
to incorporate; to include; to fill (a vessel) with
promise; agreement; arrangement; something expected or predictable (e.g. running gag); typical or clichéd development (in a story); something considered obligatory or guaranteed (in a certain situation)
greeting; a fine thing to say
experimental; provisional
to make a copy; to transcribe; to reproduce; to trace