growth period (in children)
growing child's hearty appetite
deep-fried food (esp. chicken)
... being the case; (precisely) because ...; as might be expected from ...
layer; stratum; class; stratum; sheaf; counter for stories (of a building)
neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity
sports club (e.g. at school); sports department (e.g. in a newspaper)
practice; training; drill; (an) exercise; workout
acquaintance; friend; familiar face
convenience; handiness; usefulness
at work; in the midst of work; working
association (of ideas); being reminded (of something); suggestion
gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; irritating; troublesome; heavy (weather); cloudy
regular customer; regular patron; frequenter; constant companion
wicked tongue; abusive language
-less; lacking; non-existing
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
to adjoin each other; to sit side by side
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
barbershop; barber shop; barber
to search about for; to hunt around for; to look high and low for; to look everywhere for
skilled; skillful; skilful; competent; capable; good
to require much effort; to be hard to do; to be bone-breakingly hard
(school) athletic festival; sports day; field day
school inter-class ball-game competition
inconsistency; discord; conflict; discrepancy; contradiction; failure
pointing out; identification
overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed
prevailing view; common opinion; general consideration
sample; example; specimen; display model (e.g. plastic food models used by restaurants)
to be lacking in options; to be too few
stinking; smelly; suspicious; fishy; clumsy; unskilled
change; alteration; substitute; rate of exchange
washing; laundry; relaxing; taking a break
spray; sprayer; atomizer; sprinkles (confectionery); hundreds and thousands
pronoun; synonym; classic example; pattern
calling repeatedly (e.g. someone's name); pronouncing successively (usu. repeating a syllable with voicing, as in "tsuzuku")
waiting time; latency; standby time (e.g. cellular phones); queueing time
before long; soon; almost; nearly; finally; in the end
gyudon; rice covered with sliced beef, usu. with vegetables