absence from home; going out
Ohio spiderwort (Tradescantia ohiensis)
big chance; big opportunity
breakfast voucher; breakfast coupon
French nails; French manicure; nails polished pink with white tips
to promise; to abridge; to simplify; to reduce
leopard (Panthera pardus); leopard fur
semi suite; large hotel room with separate sleeping and living room areas; semi-sweet
hanging advertisement inside a rail car
important part (to listen to); the point (of a speech); interesting part; best part (of a piece of music or performance)
being kept standing (without doing anything); remaining on one's feet; beggar; tramp; prostitute; streetwalker; tout (for a hostess bar)
to make an example of; to make a victim of; to hold up somebody (something) to ridicule; to pierce with a spear
Kaikou Takeshi (1930.12.30-1989.12.9)
town councillor; town council member
bright colors; vivid colors
voluntary resignation; retiring for personal reasons
decorative paper envelope for giving New Year's gifts (usu. money given to children) and congratulatory gifts
nursing care center; nursing care centre
to jump on someone's (verbal) mistake; to trip someone up; to find fault with something someone says
menial; meanness; servility; abject
chatting without a break; talking without pause; amusing two-person dialogue (form of stand-up comedy)
marvel-of-Peru (Mirabilis jalapa); four-o'clock plant
to cut with scissors; to put scissors to; to punch (e.g. ticket); to prune (e.g. shrub)
it is easier to do something than worry about it; fear overruns the danger; (lit.) it is easier to bear (a child) than to worry about it
disastrous; tragic; miserable; wretched; pitiful; woeful