pride; dignity; self-worth
to be harmful to; to hinder; to interfere with; to irritate
to borrow; to rent; to hire; to make use of (another's help, wisdom, etc.); to obtain; to use (for another purpose)
standard; set; routine; decided
feeling; sensation; tentative; rough; interjection
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
to flatter; to curry favor (with); to fawn (on); to flirt (with; a man); to make eyes (at)
colouring; coloring; sex appeal (esp. of women); sexiness; interest in the opposite sex; sexual feelings; charm
hmmm; uh-huh; murmur indicating approval, comprehension, etc.
one more time; once more; once again
forget it; forget what I just said; scratch that; check that
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
for your information; I'm telling you
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
excluding; except (for); apart from; outside (a boundary, scope, etc.)
training; education; stocking up; laying in; preparation (e.g. ingredients); girl studying to become a geisha
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside; aside
pretty girl who attracts customers to come inside a shop
greeting; greetings; speech (congratulatory or appreciative); address; reply; response; courtesy visit (to offer condolences, say congratulations, pay respect, introduce oneself, etc.)
practice; training; drill; (an) exercise; workout
to be completed; to be finished; to be ready (e.g. to serve or eat); to be very drunk; to get plastered
a lick; one lick; engulfing (e.g. of fire); enveloping; consuming
lump (of flour, etc.); clump (of ground meat, etc.)
the very best; excellent; superb
pie; tart; palmier (pastry)
cloth; fabric; dough; batter; inherent quality; one's true character; unglazed pottery
to be excited; to be nervous; to be thrilled
spatula; (fabric) tracing spatula; (pottery) pallet; (artificially cultured) Japanese crucian carp
to be moreish; to have a quality that encourages you to eat (drink) more of them after; to have lingering effects
another helping; second helping; seconds; other paw!
stand-in; proxy; substitute; second serving of noodles (to add to one's remaining ramen broth)
smallish; on the small side
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
exactly; just; right (when); just (as); just (about to); on the point of
wholeheartedly; with heart and soul; intently; with undivided attention; with intense concentration; single-mindedly
pluralizing suffix; nickname-forming suffix
to excite; to incite; to stimulate; to arouse; to tempt; to stir up
to jump at; to leap at; to fly at; to spring at; to pounce on