skip (bounding forward with alternate hops on each foot); skipping (over); skip (captain of a curling team); skipper
menu; schedule; program; menu
ramen; Chinese-style noodles
salt; common salt; hardship; toil; saltiness; cold
soy sauce; soya sauce; shoyu
boorish; unsophisticated; unrefined; uncouth; tasteless; insensitive
curiosity; inquisitiveness
to fan (oneself, flames, etc.); to flap (in the wind); to instigate; to stir up; to drive up prices (by buying a large amount of something); to take a photo from a low angle; to tailgate
human rights; civil liberties
shio ramen; ramen in pale salty broth
Welsh onion (Allium fistulosum); Japanese bunching onion; green onion; spring onion; scallion
young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small
pat; tap; pop; crack; cutesy suffix applied to names
raw; uncooked; natural; as it is; unprotected (sex); raw; live (i.e. not recorded)
unedited remarks; frank opinions
to turn one's head; to look over one's shoulder; to turn around; to think back (on); to reminisce; to look back (on)
stage (of a theatre, concert hall, etc.); stage performance; stage production; setting (of a story); scene; sphere (of activity)
180 degrees; complete (about-face; in policy, opinion, etc.); radical (change); hundred-and-eighty degree (turn)
to become a wandering ghost; to appear as a spirit
genuine article; real thing; real deal
to avoid (physical contact with); to avoid (situation); to evade (question, subject); to ward off; to avert; to put aside
behavior; behaviour; manner; attitude; bearing
a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)
cloudiness; cloudy weather; fog (on a mirror, glasses, etc.); cloud (e.g. in marble); gloom; dejection
-stopper (thing that halts or prevents something); -blocker; -preventer
to put away; to stow away; to tuck away; to hoard
cheap-looking; tawdry; insignificant
guarding; guard; railway bridge (over a road); (railroad) overpass; flyover
last; final; closing; last train (bus, flight, etc.; of the day)
defense; defence; protection
duplication; repetition; overlapping; redundancy; restoration
painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing
mimicry; mimesis; camouflage
laugh; laughter; smile; sneer; sex aids (e.g. dildos, pornographic books, erotic woodblock prints, etc.)
to wipe; to mop up; to get rid of (an impression, feeling, blemish, etc.); to dispel (e.g. shame); to erase
really (seem, appear, etc.); truly; evidently; in that way
chair; seat; stool; post; position; seat
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
a long time (since the last time); first in a long time; it's been a long time; long time no see