sharing with others what has been given to you; sharing a portion of the profit with others
tasting (food or drink) for poison; checking the taste (of a dish); seeing how something tastes
lunch; noon; midday; daytime; waking up; getting up
to hit a nerve; to go for the throat; to touch a sore spot
to writhe (in pain); to be in agony; to be anguished; to be agonized; to be troubled
to pour into; to wash down; to insert (e.g. into a data stream)
to do something in readiness for; to get something (needful) done
very cheesy; very flashy; extremely gaudy
unsatisfied; unsatisfactory; insufficient
meek; gentle; modest; praiseworthy; admirable
buzz; hum; shake (with vigor); shaking
fortunate person; lucky fellow; lucky dog
true seal (animal); earless seal
-like; pseudo-; comical character who mocks or apes the main character (in Japanese performing arts); (arch.) criticism; (arch.) censure
to bring up a subject; to touch on a matter
special treatment; priority
writing down from other written material; writing kanji text from hiragana; transcription (of spoken material); dictation
basics; fundamentals; basis; foundation
near one's knee; (by) one's side; (at) one's hand; place under the protection (of one's parents, etc.); (under) the care (of); territory of a powerful person
absent-mindedly; vacantly; idly; lazily
to take down in notes (meeting minutes, etc.); to apply (concepts, ideas, etc. to specific processes or methods); to drop into something (e.g. a bag); to entice; to lure
so-so; passable; now, now; my, my
to fiddle with; to monkey around with
although I say; although one might say; although called
compulsion; coercion; forcing (to do); enforcement
attendance; presence; appearance
promotion (school, military, etc.)
dear me; I mean; or rather
to say no more; to sink into silence
common knowledge; well-known fact
late-growing rice; late-ripening crops; late-blooming flowers; late developer (e.g. child who reaches puberty late); late bloomer
to make a great fuss; to raise a hue and cry; to make an uproar; to clamour
execution (e.g. of a plan); carrying out; practice; action; implementation; fulfillment
dispersing; breaking up; running away
to open one's mouth wide and eat heartily; to gulp down food
manners; behavior; behaviour
drink box; carton (milk, juice, etc.); paper bag (for vacuum cleaners)
setting the table; laying the table; setting up; getting one's ducks in a row; running interference
to make oneself pleasant to everybody
to yearn for; to long for; to follow (someone); to idolize (for virtue, learning, status, etc.)
sorry; excuse me; thank you