pilaf topped with bechamel or other cheese-based sauce, then oven baked
individual; distinctive; unique; characteristic; personal; idiosyncratic
spinach (Spinacia oleracea)
cheap-looking; tawdry; insignificant
taking into consideration; making allowances (for); reserve; restraint; leniency
dissatisfied-looking; looking discontented
self-service drink area in a restaurant (incl. soft drinks, coffee, tea, etc.)
all you can drink; bottomless cup
gold nugget; gold bullion; gold bar; gold ingot
speculation; venture; stockjobbing; gambling (on stocks)
shortage of stock; scarcity of goods; being in short supply
to buy all (of something) one can get one's hands on; to buy up; to scoop up
weekday; ordinary days (i.e. non-holiday); kanji radical 73
recreation; diversion; relaxation
department (of a university or hospital); course (of study); branch of study; family
this and that; one thing and another
light (flavor, color, etc.); simple; plain; frank; candid; easygoing
emigration and immigration
to push aside; to overcome (e.g. difficulties); to align; to put in order; (arch.) to push open
field of flowers; flower garden; field of alpine flowers; fantasy; delusion
decapitated body; deflowered stem
antecedents; ancestor; previous position; previous existence; predecessor organization; predecessor organisation
to be suspected without cause
to look downwards (at); to lower one's gaze; to drop one's eyes
queen; female monarch; queen consort; consort of a king; queen; princess
to invite in; to show someone in
meal (ground grain); Mir (Russian space station; 1986-2001); mir (peasant village community in Imperial Russia)
appearance; shape; form; atmosphere; look; feel
office worker; salaried worker; white-collar worker
to find a way; to find the time; to try to make oneself available
and yet; though; when; in spite of
choux (pastry); cream puff
to nitpick; to complain about trifles