major incident; major happening; big scandal
omen; portent; sign; presage; harbinger; premonition
a family; a household; (one's own) style; school; gang; (yakuza) family
to send (someone) back; to send (someone) home
to shake one's head (in disagreement); to disagree; to refuse; to say no; to turn down (a request)
meal (e.g. lunch, dinner); diet
meat eating; eating of meat; meat diet; carnivorous
to stuff one's cheeks; to fill one's mouth (with food)
neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity
fresh in one's mind; fresh in one's memory
to open the lid; to lift a lid; to open the lid (on); to make public; to start (something); to look at the results (consequences, outcome, effect)
(dead) body; corpse; carcass; remains
collection; recovery; withdrawal; retrieval
(animal) feed; fodder; pet food; bait; lure; enticement
food expenses; money for food; charge for board
trade; business; commerce; occupation; calling; profession
slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)
several minutes; a few minutes
to drink; to swallow; to smoke (tobacco); to swallow up; to engulf; to suppress (one's anger, bitter feelings, etc.); to keep down
bitter (taste); sour (expression, look); bitter; bitter (e.g. experience); painful
to become a (bad) habit; to become a habitual practice; to become addictive; to grow on one; to become moreish
to sew; to stitch; to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)
legume (esp. edible legumes or their seeds, e.g. beans, peas, pulses); bean; soya bean (Glycine max); soybean; female genitalia (esp. the clitoris); kidney; small
only recently; just of late
global scale; worldwide scale
commodity; article of commerce; goods; stock; merchandise
to build a market for; to promote (a product); to promote oneself; to sell oneself; to sell heavily
outside the country; abroad
chief; main; principal; important
business; enterprise; venture; (social) project; undertaking; enterprise
profit; gains; benefit; advantage; grace (of God, Buddha, etc., esp. as attained through rightful actions, prayer, adherence to one's faith, etc.); blessing
one or two; a couple; a few; first and second (place); the top two
purveyor (to the Imperial Household, etc.); company (or restaurant, place, etc.) that caters to or is popular with a specific clientele
season (period in which regulated games are played); season (division of the year); season (of a TV show, etc.); season (for doing something, e.g. ski season, entrance examination season)
hair; fur; wool; down; plumage
to cut (grass, hair, etc.); to mow; to clip; to trim; to prune; to shear
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); urine; piss; elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name)
to manage something successfully; to be successful
meaningfully (smiling, grinning, etc.); suggestively; broadly; sneeringly
to speak one's mind; to be frank; to tell the truth
OK; okay; fine (without); not needed; unnecessary
unsociable; unfriendly; blunt; surly; curt; cold