trial manufacture; experiment; test piece; prototype
vinegared rice rolled in nori (laver)
to form a complete whole; to be joined together
roll (e.g. of cloth); winding (e.g. watch); volume (of book); speeding up; heel (of a Japanese sandal)
gap; break; pause; interval; cut; incision
some; several; many; how many; how much; very
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
still more; even more; all the more; still less; even less
Vivian; Vivien; Vivienne; Vyvyan
to catch one's breath; to gulp; to have one's breath taken away; to gasp
appeal (e.g. to public opinion); plea; appeal (e.g. sex appeal); attractiveness; appeal (e.g. in baseball); emphasizing (strong points, etc.)
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
gesture; movement; action; acting; performance
rolling over; turning over; turning around (the other way); reversal (of direction, course, etc.); producing a positive from a negative (photography); producing a negative from a positive
going out; one's best clothes; formal (e.g. language); best (behaviour, manners, etc.)
speech; expression; wording; language
to be a quick worker; to be fast in forming relationships with women; to be quick to resort to violence
to change the subject (e.g. away from something awkward or inconvenient)
thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward
to give (someone) a treat; to be extravagant; to live luxuriously; to be proud; to be haughty
business ability; business acumen
men and women; man and woman; both sexes; both genders
restaurant (esp. Western-style)
employee; worker; laborer (labourer); blue-collar worker
cheap restaurant; eating place (house)
sampling food; tasting; trying
meeting; assembly; party; society; association; club
(practical) experience; personal experience; hands-on experience; first-hand experience
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); ingredient; leaven (bread); cause
incompetence; inefficiency; inability; incompetent person
thing that reminds one of a particular season; poem about natural scenery; poem about a particular season
depression; melancholy; dejection; gloom; despondency
interference; meddling; butting in
precondition; prerequisite
to taste; to try (food or drink)
lukewarm; tepid; lenient; (arch.) slow; (arch.) stupid
self-responsibility; on one's own responsibility; at one's own risk
large number (of); many; majority