evening meal; dinner; supper
shopping; purchased goods
luggage; baggage; burden; payload (of a packet, cell, etc.)
having; holding; wear; durability; charge; expense
to keep (a person) waiting
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
no, not like that (but like this)
period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac); carving; engraving; victory; strictness; cruelty
lack of words; being tongue-tied; suppressing what you want to say
to jest; to joke; to play the fool; to act indecently; to be silly over; to talk foolishly
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
to reward; to recompense; to repay; to retaliate; to get revenge
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
those (near the second person)
your home; your family; their home; (my) home
about; concerning; related to; -ish
condominium (usu. mid or high-rise); apartment building; apartment house; block of flats; apartment; flat
journey; trip; travels; during the journey; on the way; while travelling
clear; splendid; cheerful; bright (e.g. look)
too good (for a child, to be true, etc.); overproduction (e.g. of crops); making too much
living thing; organism; creature; biology
man; male; masculine gender
proof; testimony; demonstration; verification; certification
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
route; course; path; one's future course (e.g. after graduating high school)
weekend carpenter; do-it-yourselfer
rearranging; remodeling; remodelling
living by oneself; living alone
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
to mix; to combine; to exchange (words, fire, etc.); to cross (e.g. swords); to join together
leaving as is; leaving alone; leaving to chance; neglecting; abandoning
machinery; gadgetry; equipment
treatment; service; handling (of a machine, tool, etc.); operation; treating as; treating like
audio; audio equipment (esp. high-end)
device; equipment; machinery; apparatus
after all; in the end; when all's said and done; for the time being; at present
washing machine (laundry)
white goods; large household electrical appliances; (arch.) salt; (arch.) tofu; (arch.) white sake
certainly; surely; undoubtedly; just; precisely; exactly