to kick; to refuse; to reject; to stamp (on the ground); to firmly press one's feet (against something)
to knock (ideas) against each other; to present competing ideas; to have a lively exchange of ideas; to smash together; to crash into each other; to throw at each other
to fall down; to fall over; to turn out; to play out; to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism); to apostatize
to begin to run; to start running; to break into a run
to release a shutter (camera); to click a shutter
to meet fortuitously (e.g. running into an old friend); to meet by chance; to happen across
closing up shop (for the day); stopping business; going out of business
water; liquid; fluid; moisture; humidity; sap
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat
to dedicate; to make an offering; to supply; to store; to finish; to bring to a close; to restore (something to its place)
(camera) shutter; shutter (for a door, window, etc.)
to look downwards; to lower one's eyes
as expected; predictably; not surprisingly
eco bag; reusable shopping bag
curry (esp. Japanese curry); rice and curry
to smell; to smell of; to have a smell
stinginess; miserliness; shabby; cheap; petty; narrow-minded
to feel hungry; to get hungry
aromatic (roasted beans, roasted tea, etc.); fragrant (e.g. burning wood); pleasant-smelling; savory-smelling (e.g. barbecued meat); savoury; appetizing
impudent; shameless; brazen; forward; audacious; cheeky
to become thin; to lose weight; to reduce (one's) weight; to be barren; to be infertile; to be sterile
to become less crowded; to thin out; to get empty; to be hungry
child prodigy; infant genius; wonder child
fat; chubby; fatso; fatty; fat person
NEET (young person not in education, employment or training)
bulging; swelling (e.g. with water); loose-fitting or baggy (clothing); bubbling; foaming
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
petty (minor) official (derogatory term)
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
burr (e.g. chestnut); bur; cupule; case
hungrily; greedily; voraciously; ravenously
long-cherished ambition; satisfaction
impoliteness; carelessness; misconduct; clumsiness
light; lamp; counter for electric lights
idling away time; unproductively; slowly (moving); heavily; ponderously
to run around; to bustle about
to the limit; to the fullest extent; absolutely the limit; one cup after another; cup by cup
to leave nothing undone; to give good service; to attend to everything; to be on someone's tracks (e.g. police); to catch up with; to close in on
while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily