(food) coloring; pigment; dye; coloring agent
faint hopes; dim prospects; little hope; unlikely (to be successful)
evening deepens into night; the night wears on; night advances
to be stingy (with); to skimp (on)
service (bus, train); operation; motion; revolution; movement
western direction; Western Pure Land (Amitabha's Buddhist paradise); western fighter in a match (e.g. sumo)
landing; alighting; touch down
homogenization; homogenisation
mechanism; organization; organisation
to dress (oneself in); to attire oneself in; to adorn; to pretend; to feign; to affect
keeping house; being confined to one's house
(outward) appearance; (proper) format (e.g. of an essay); form; appearances; decency; lip-service
royal fern (Osmunda japonica); flowering fern; osmund; fiddlehead fern
ardent; passionate; vehement
computer game for men featuring beautiful women characters (usu. adult game)
external; foreign (e.g. relations); public (e.g. image)
resignation (from a position)
poison suicide; suicide by poisoning
resolution of an incident; solution to a (criminal) case
inarticulate; not making oneself quite clear; slurring one's words; evasive
sinking; foundering; getting dead drunk; having too much fun (esp. in a red-light district, etc.) and missing work or neglecting one's duties; staying in one place for a long time
riding together; riding with
to compare (something) to; to liken; to speak figuratively; to use a simile; to use a metaphor
muzzling (a person); preventing (a person) from revealing something; silencing (a person); murdering (a person) to prevent them from revealing something
paying for one's mistakes; getting one's just deserts; suffering the consequences (of one's own actions); reap what you sow
project; enterprise; business; (arch.) act; (arch.) deed; (arch.) conduct
next year; next fiscal year
if you don't mind; if you like; if you feel up for it; if you're interested
library; book storage; stack room; archive (file)
to lean (to one side); to incline; to be unbalanced (e.g. diet); to be unduly weighted towards; to be partial; to be biased
red turnip; small red radish
to solicit; to demand; to extort
pliantly; pliably; subserviently; ingratiatingly; servilely
mirin; type of sweet rice wine used in cooking
customer traffic; customers; custom