smoking (esp. as a means of preserving food)
slope; incline; hill; milestone; (age) mark
to flow into; to pour into; to stream into
snack break; snack time; tea time
pork-cutlet sandwich; tonkatsu sandwich
noshi; long thin strip of dried abalone in folded patterned paper, attached to a gift
innocence; mind free of obstructive thoughts; detachment; insentient; pestering (someone for money, etc.); asking
quantitative; concerning the quantity
to speak one's mind; to be frank; to tell the truth
vocabulary; lexicon; lexis; terminology
that is (to say); namely; precisely; exactly; if one does ..., then; in that case
with a twitch; with a jerk; with a flutter; with a dip; with a bob
naturally; not surprisingly; it should be appreciated that; understandably; as a matter of course; as is obvious
to be careful; to take the utmost care
lifting a curse; breaking a spell; disenchantment
to disappear; to vanish; to go; to leave; to die
easy-peasy; easy; simple; pleasant; comfortable; comfy
intercept; interception; counter-attack
to get dressed up; to treat oneself
grilled surface; seared appearance; searing
evaporation; disappearance (of a person); vanishing without a trace
in drops; dripping; gently (sloping); sluggishly; endlessly; leisurely
hovering (of a helicopter, bird, etc.)
sticking; clinging; with a smack (e.g. sitting down); hard; all over; thickly
killing; destruction of life; cruel; heartless; callous
one round; one tour; one circuit; one patrol
bottomless; endlessly deep; infinite
current obsession; current kick; personal obsession
difficult to say which of the two is better; hard to tell which is better; (there is) little to choose between them
(not) even with; (not) even using
present location; current location; "you are here" (on map)
to get fed up with; to get sick of; to become disgusted with
rhinoceros beetle (esp. the Japanese rhinoceros beetle, Trypoxylus dichotomus)
immediately; right away; on the spot
to blow off (strongly); to blow away; to drive away (e.g. one's worries); to dispel; to do at great speed (e.g. drive a car); to carry out (a task) very quickly
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)