to care for someone; to look after someone
to be coming; to be popular; to be fashionable; to be angry; to have blown one's lid
emergency food distribution (esp. cooked rice)
occupation (e.g. of territory); exclusive possession
to be cooked; to have finished cooking
(United States of) America; USA
hitting the target; striking home; proving to be right; coming true; being on the mark
increased volume or quantity
to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses
treatment (of a person); dealing with
to engage in a bloody feud; to have a family quarrel; to quarrel with one's own flesh and blood; (lit.) to wash blood for blood
annotation; explanatory note; comment
to cause; to induce; to bring about; to pull upright; to help up (e.g. a fallen person)
first day (e.g. at work, school); day one
to handle well; to handle deftly; to deal with; to manage; to prepare (meat or fish) for cooking; to dress (meat, etc.)
success; prosperity; boom
to have a cramp; to twitch; to stiffen (of a face, expression); to freeze; to shrink (of skin, due to a scar); to tauten
line; queue; procession; matrix
end (e.g. of a line); tail end; rear; backmost part
in spite of; nevertheless; although; despite; no matter the; regardless of
worldly wisdom; secret of success in life
serious; earnest; honest; real; legit
in short; in brief; to sum up; ultimately; in the end; in the long run
look who's talking; I don't want to hear it from you; are you in any position to say that?
ill-bred; impolite; rude; impudent; insolent; blunt
manzai; comic dialogue; two-person comedy act (usu. presented as a fast-paced dialogue, occ. presented as a skit)
fantasy; illusion; vision; dream
to chew thoroughly; to bite (e.g. one's lip); to reflect upon; to digest
formation; molding; making up; repair (e.g. plastic surgery); replacement; -plasty
to search about for; to hunt around for; to look high and low for; to look everywhere for
progress; advance; improvement; development
somehow (or other); for some reason; without knowing why; something (or other); some ... or other
(practical) application; putting to practical use; applied
(for) household use; home use; domestic use
blue tarpaulin; blue plastic waterproof sheeting
objet d'art; item of artwork; object; curio
backward glance; sidelong glance; faceless ghost with an eye in its rump