master and servant; lord and retainer; employer and employee
speech; expression; wording; language
to employ; to hire (a servant)
rich (taste); full-bodied (flavour, flavor); mellow; laid-back (lifestyle); relaxed; comfortable
thundering; purring; something large and heavy starting to roll; scattered about; common; idleness; idling about
emphatic sentence-ending particle
to say a word; to say something; to speak briefly; to give a quick holler; to let (someone) know
to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)
leaving a decision to someone else (often of a meal to be selected by the chef); omakase
fail-safe; foolproof; totally safe
invincible; unrivaled; unrivalled; matchless; unbeatable; undefeatable
suddenly; abruptly; quickly
to crowd out; to push out; to start together; to set out en masse; to highlight; to draw attention to
to lose heart; to be discouraged; to be exhausted; to be tired out
poor; meagre; meager; feeble; scanty; shabby
to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)
humanities, social sciences, and fine arts; liberal arts
to sew; to stitch; to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)
cover; covering; cover song; cover version; coverage; to compensate for (a loss)
just what you'd expect from ...; that's just like (him, her, etc.); that's (exactly) why ...; that's (precisely) the reason ...
cool; calm; composed; easy; simple
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
hey there; I say; see here
tired; frazzled; tiresome; tiring; draining
workmanship; craftsmanship; grades; results; quality (e.g. of a crop); dealings
lots of; a ton of; a mountain of; piles of; heaps of; so many
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
Excellent (grade); A; superiority; excellence; gentle; graceful
appreciation; thanks; gratitude
opening (one's mouth) wide; saying "aah"; crying loudly; wailing; bawling
rapidly; vigorously; by leaps and bounds; steadily
company; lot; bunch; troupe; company (of musicians)
suddenly; all of a sudden
suitable time; good time; propriety; moderation
matter to be checked or investigated
work (e.g. of art); production; harvest; cultivation; technique
being on duty; person on duty
congestion; crush; crowding; confusion; disorder
pain; anguish; distress; suffering; hardship