poetry anthology; collection of poems; collected poems
performer; entertainer; celebrity
trying the food at various restaurants; eating tour; walking while eating; eating while walking
another world (esp. in fiction); otherworld; parallel universe; different-dimension world; isekai
light novel; young-adult illustrated fiction
indiscriminate reading; unsystematic reading; desultory reading; reading at random
deferment (e.g. of savings); leaving (a thing) as it stands; unredeemed; unredeemable; irredeemable
equipping; installing; fitting; mounting; putting on
18 certificate; R-18; restricted to those 18 years or older
false accusation; pretext; picking a quarrel; committing oneself
talk (esp. by a talk-show host, or by a stage musician to the audience between songs); banter; talk show; toque
leaving; going home; quitting one's job; free time; leisure
back off!; leave me alone!
hill; height; knoll; bonus points awarded to the winner at the end of a game
panel; wainscoting; wainscotting; plight; fix; bind
one act (play, etc.); scene; event
someone haughty and boastful at home but meek and reserved outside; being a lion at home and a mouse abroad
to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to call in; to send for
to offer (a suggestion, etc.); to propose (an idea, etc.); to approach with (a proposal, etc.)
register of names; list of names; roll; register; roster
investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey
thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words
clumsy; awkward; tactless; awkward (e.g. socially); (arch.) mean; (arch.) cowardly
to be seized with fear; to be intimidated; to lose one's nerve; to be frightened; to get cold feet; to chicken out
as one wishes; the way one wants; to one's satisfaction
time of departure; (on the) point of departure; just as one is leaving
immediately; right away; at once; easily; readily
saying something (to someone); greeting; approaching (someone)
try; attempt; try (rugby)
through; non-stop; direct; going straight to
meddling; meddlesomeness; nosiness; meddler; buttinsky; busybody
straight (from one place to another); going right onto; on the way; simultaneously; incidentally; directly
eyes and ears; seeing and hearing; one's attention; one's interest
to hesitate; to have scruples; to be afraid of what others may think; to lord it over; to have great influence
presumably; it seems that ...; I guess that ...; I suppose that ...; one could infer that ...
happiness; blessedness; luck; luckily; fortunately
at that time; in those days