ordinary soldier; mere soldier
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly
embarrassing; embarrassed; ashamed; disgraceful; shameful
one's possessions; ownership
to tell (somebody) to (do something)
outside the city area; suburbs
cooperation; collaboration
telephone call; speaking over the telephone; (Internet) voice call; counter for telephone calls of a set duration
listen!; you see; mind you; remember
to step aside; to move (i.e. out of the way); to make way
to amass; to accumulate; to store; to leave unpaid
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
substitution; replacement; shifting; change
bottle; jar; decanter; flagon; phial; vial
inverted; upside down; reversed; back to front
focusing on only one thing; obsessively; intensely; selfish; self-serving
to crunch; to masticate; to simplify; to explain plainly
to drop; to let fall; to omit
plump; rotund; chubby; entirely; completely; wholly
hello (e.g. on phone); excuse me! (when calling out to someone)
to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to
end; finish; bounds; limits; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki)
to appease; to suppress; to calm
feeling of emptiness in the stomach; sensation of hunger
to call (someone) back; to recall; to call home; to bring back (memories, etc.); to recall; to revive
to become quiet; to quiet down; to quieten down; to calm down; to die down; to subside
privately run store; one-man business; mom-and-pop store
dressed bread; bread to which something has been added (sandwich, pirogi, etc.); stuffed bread (rolls, buns, etc.)
confectionery; sweets; candy; cake
Chinese dumpling; Chinese steamed bun
chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus); domestic chicken; chicken meat
deep-fried food (esp. chicken)
to snatch (and run); to carry off; to swipe; to scoop up (and remove; sand, earth, etc.)
employee (of a store); shop assistant; clerk; salesperson
sword; blade; single stroke
to cut down; to slay; to truncate; to round down; to omit; to discard
to indulge in; to give oneself up to; to be obsessed by; to be engrossed in; to be lost in; to be absorbed in