convenience store lunch box
prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante
completion; conclusion; perfect (tense, form, aspect)
purpose; utility; objective; way to use something
poor piece of work; rubbish; trash
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
function; facility; faculty; feature
discovery; detection; finding
chance; start; cue; excuse; motive; impetus
admirable; commendable; praiseworthy; laudable; brave; heroic
freezing; cold storage; refrigeration
deep-fried food (esp. chicken)
daily routine; daily work; daily lesson
(one's) favourite food; (one's) favorite food
juicy (i.e. having lots of juice or liquid); Okinawan rice gruel meal
thaw; defrosting; decompression (e.g. of a file); unpacking; extracting
unexpected; unforeseen; strange
going straight to the point; cutting it short; as it turns out
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
at that time; at that moment; then; on that occasion
almost; roughly; approximately
clear writing; specification
rock hard; stiff and unyielding (personality); clangor
since then; from that time; ever since
investigation (esp. in academic and scientific contexts)
reappearance; reemergence; return; reproduction; reenactment; recreation
strange; weird; odd; strange thing; strange person
feeling refreshed; feeling relieved; neat; tidy; frank; open-hearted; completely
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
breast; chest; pit of the stomach; solar plexus; epigastrium
to pinch; to hold (between one's fingers); to pick up and eat; to snack on; to pick out (the main point); to summarize
flapping (of a flag, fan, etc.); fluttering; pitter-patter (of footsteps); quickly (making progress); in quick succession
grasp; catch; understanding
to attempt; to test; to try out
sewing; needlework; embroidery
to abbreviate; to omit; to take; to capture
one tuft (of hair, threads, etc.); one bunch (of grapes, bananas, etc.); one cluster (e.g. of flowers); one segment (of a tangerine, etc.); one section
in its entirety; whole; wholly
year in, year out; always; 24-7