accent (on a syllable, word); stress; intonation; inflection; (language) accent (e.g. American, British); accent (e.g. in a design)
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
crude; rough; plain; humble; shabby
opening (in a game of go, chess, etc.); early stages; initial phase; outset
order; sequence; procedure
tasting (food or drink) for poison; checking the taste (of a dish); seeing how something tastes
on hand; readily available
meals prepared for employees (e.g. of a restaurant); staff meals
to be treated to a meal; to be given a meal
impassioned speech; fervent speech
that is to say; so that means
ironically enough; as irony would have it; in a nice little twist
to run counter to; to go against; to disobey; to infringe
taking a breather; relaxation; vent hole
companions; friends; comrades; mates; partners
cunning deed; sly trick; foul play; cunning person; sly fellow; cheat
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
childish; child-like; innocent; naive
lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication
irritating; aggravating; upsetting
kitchen door; back door; service door; host's entrance to a tea-ceremony room
structure; construction; makeup; framework; organization; pattern
the lower classes; the common people
back (esp. of a building, etc.); rear; behind
sink (e.g. in a kitchen); cruising (e.g. taxi); strolling (entertainer, musician, etc.); washing area (in a Japanese-style bath); back-washing service (in a public bath); floating (something on water)
carving knife; butcher's knife; cleaver; meat chopper
place; situation; position; location
to lay aside; to set aside
statement of delivery; delivery slip; delivery note
manner of using one's hands
to carry (something) under cover; to carry concealed
to dislocate one's back; to be unable to stand up due to fear or surprise
to roll over; to tumble; to roll about (with laughter)
to fall on one's backside
soaking (wet); wringing; dripping; drenched