describing; comparing; form; figure; personal appearance; one's face and figure
difficult to ...; hard to ...
to watch over; to watch attentively
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
pot (esp. teapot, coffee-pot); vacuum bottle; thermos flask
to boil; to heat; to excite; (arch.) to melt (metal)
branch; bough; limb; twig; sprig; spray
to warm (e.g. one's hands over a fire); to dry; to toast; to grill; to broil
to sprinkle over (e.g. salt, pepper, etc. on food)
aromatic (roasted beans, roasted tea, etc.); fragrant (e.g. burning wood); pleasant-smelling; savory-smelling (e.g. barbecued meat); savoury; appetizing
to get used (to); to get familiar with; to get skillful with
worry; care; concern; ennui; boredom
Hamburg steak; hamburger steak
to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)
to adopt (method, proposal, etc.); to take (measure, course of action, etc.); to pick (e.g. flowers); to gather (e.g. mushrooms); to extract (e.g. juice); to take (e.g. a sample); to assume (an attitude)
condiment (e.g. grated or chopped topping such as daikon, wasabi, ginger, green onion, red pepper); spice
food cooked on a grill in front of customers
sound of wind rustling through a crack; wheezing
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
very highly commended; highly lauded; very well-received; very popular
sleeping comfort or snugness
to lie down; to throw oneself down
next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour
trembling; getting nervous; excited; thrilled
no matter what; whatever you say; in the end
awareness of things around one; ability to understand what is going on around oneself; judgment; judgement; discretion
dining room; dining hall; cafeteria; restaurant; eatery; snack bar
repetition; repeat; reiteration; repeatedly
adventure; venture; venture which is unlikely to succeed; risky attempt; danger
anything and everything; just about everything
no matter what; whatever happens; in any situation; rain or shine
to succeed (in doing); to pull something off; to manage (to do a job)
to destroy; to crush; to break by striking; to spoil; to ruin
back; reverse; rear side; height; stature; ridge (of a mountain)
to rock; to shake; to swing
to float; to rise to the surface; to stand out; to be visible; to be alienated