individual; private person; personal; private
record; minutes; record (e.g. in sports); results; to record; to document
gallery; corridor; art gallery; upper gallery (in a theatre); spectators (esp. at a golf tournament)
dispersion; breakup; variance; dispersion
strength; intensity; strong (e.g. glasses); powerful (e.g. lens); intense (e.g. fear)
sweets (desserts, candy, etc.)
longed-for; anxiously awaited
personnel expenses; labor cost; labour cost; indirect labour costs; indirect labor costs
raw materials; ingredients
synchronization; synchronized swimming
drawing a katana and attacking in the same stroke; doing (something) suddenly and without warning; doing without prior notice
sales; amount sold; proceeds
safety zone; buffer (e.g. against defeat)
(professional) driver (of a taxi, train, etc.); motorman; mate (on a ship); officer
water supply; water service; channel; strait; water course; waterway
vacuum bottle; thermos; jar
what kind of; whatever sort of; no matter what; however much
clean; hygienic; sanitary; pure; virtuous; immaculate
negligent; neglectful; careless; remiss
sweetfish (Plecoglossus altivelis altivelis); ayu
to order; to send away for; to have (something) sent to one; to pull (something) closer
offset; offsetting each other; cancelling each other out; set-off; setoff
to the utmost; to the best of one's ability
(on a) closer look; closer scrutiny; second look
grilling (fish) with salt; broiling with salt; boiling seawater to get salt
fish balls; fish dumplings
cooking stove; burner (gas, electric, etc.); range; cooktop; hob
piece; fragment; one (object)
cut; reduction; curtailment
investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey
fee-charging; paid; not free; toll road