to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly
delicious; tasty; sweet; attractive; appealing; convenient
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
article; goods; fine thing; fellow; (arch.) prostitute; (arch.) price
drawing up (e.g. legal document, contract, will, etc.); preparing; writing; framing; making; producing
pupil; student; schoolchild
appearance; (outward) looks; exterior appearance
small; small-sized; small-scale; miniature
bag; sack; skin of an orange (and other like fruits); dead end; plot of land surrounded by water
tatami mat; Japanese straw floor coverings
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
tatami mat (esp. as a measure of room size, either 1.82 sqm or 1.54 sqm)
stoppage; coming to a stop; ceasing (movement, activity, etc.); suspension (of operations); suspension (of payment, licence, etc.); (temporary) prohibition
to often be the case; to occur frequently; to be common; to be popular
tool; implement; means; furniture
edition; version; plate; block; editions of a publication
100,000,000; one hundred million
highly priced; expensive; valuable; costly
new menu item; new dish on a menu
how; in what way; how about; questionable
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
haughty; arrogant; proud; stuck-up
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
eldest son (may be the only son); first-born son
marriage of convenience; marriage for political reasons
intention; idea; inclination; wish
query; interrogation; enquiry; question; inquiry
area; vicinity; side; edge; circumstances
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
bombshell announcement (statement)
to hit; to strike; to throw; to toss; to mix; to wear (sword, etc.)