number two; mistress; concubine
humour; humor; safety; health; in a good mood; in high spirits
house; one's house; one's home; one's family
amount sold; sales; proceeds; takings; turnover
new menu item; new dish on a menu
very highly commended; highly lauded; very well-received; very popular
closing up shop (for the day); stopping business; going out of business
intracerebral; inside the brain; (occurring) in the mind; mental (e.g. image); imaginary
immediately; right away; on the spot
usually; ordinarily; always; continuous; 24-hour (operation, care, etc.); constant
tough; hard; determined; strong-minded; strong (e.g. sunlight, alcohol); severe
denial; negation; negation (logic); NOT operation
no concern of mine; nothing to do with me
acknowledgement; acknowledgment; recognition; cognition
pushing back one's opponent while locked in close quarters; having a tendency towards; being close to
in one's own way or style
oyakodon; chicken and egg on rice; threesome including a mother and her daughter
to season (e.g. with salt); to flavour; to flavor; to lace (e.g. with whisky)
chicken meat; fowl; poultry; bird meat
materials; ingredients; material (for a novel, experiment, etc.); subject matter; grounds (for a decision, judgement, etc.); basis
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
tofu; bean curd; beancurd
konnyaku (Amorphophallus konjac); konjac; devil's tongue; konnyaku jelly; konjac jelly; devil's tongue jelly
pork miso soup; miso soup with pork and vegetables
regrettable; disappointing; precious; dear; too good for; deserving better
insistence; (major) emphasis; stress
appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of
softly; mildly; gently; politely
spirit; mind; nature; disposition; motivation; intention
to compare; to make a comparison; to compete; to vie
immediate; right there on the spot; impromptu; instant; instantaneous
straight (ahead); direct; upright; straightforward; honest; frank
to look (stare) back at (somebody); to look at again; to re-examine; to prove oneself superior (to someone who had previously been condescending); to look back (behind oneself)
to look away; to avert one's eyes
chickpea (Cicer arietinum); garbanzo bean
without compensation; without reward; without pay; free (of charge)
extraordinary; special; exceptional; non-standard grammatical construction; ungrammatical usage; solecism
to regard someone with odium; to look at someone with reproach
to bear a grudge against; to resent; to blame; to curse; to feel bitter towards
cramp; sprain; unreasonableness; absurdity; illogical; unreasonable
profit; gains; benefit; advantage; grace (of God, Buddha, etc.) (esp. as attained through rightful actions, prayer, adherence to one's faith, etc.); blessing
just like that; quite so; I agree; (lit.) that street