holiday; day off; furlough; absence (from work)
sure; certain; reliable; trustworthy; If I'm not mistaken; If I remember correctly
to come off; to be removed; to disappear (of pain, a fever, etc.); to be caught; to be harvested; to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as)
sensation; feeling; tendency; propensity
to be popular; to come into fashion; to be prevalent; to spread widely (e.g. disease); to flourish; to thrive
fashion; trend; vogue; prevalence (of a disease); epidemic
udon; thick Japanese wheat noodles
change; alteration; difference; distinction; something wrong; abnormality
stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs
art of cooking; cookery; cuisine
training; practice; discipline; ascetic practices
hiding; concealing; being hidden; pocket
meaningfully (smiling, grinning, etc.); suggestively; broadly; sneeringly
to be completely boiled; to be boiled to a turn
to drain the water; to lose the water; to squeeze out the water
iron plate; steel plane; sure thing; certain winner
to spread; to extend; to unfold; to open; to scatter about; to spread around
to fry; to saute; to stir-fry
cooking; food preparation
normally; ordinarily; by anyone's standards; by normal standards; without any issues; without any difficulty
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
food; foodstuff; eating; appetite; meal; portion
contact print; pancake topped with vegetables, etc.
amount sold; sales; proceeds; takings; turnover
shriek of delight; cry of joy
to tear up; to tear off; to rip up; to separate (e.g. a couple); to disrupt (a relationship)
test; trial; probation; ordeal; tribulation
thrust; charge; digging into (a matter); depth; straight man (of a comedy duo); quip; jab
opposition; rebellion; rebounding; recoiling; rally (e.g. in stock prices); recovery
to be damaged; to receive damage
to make light of; to ignore; to slight
to become attached (to); to take (to); to become affectionate (with); to be tamed
to take someone along; to be accompanied (by)
to reach one's ears; to come to one's knowledge; to hear about; to learn of (by chance)
way (of doing); manner; method; means
to pledge allegiance; to swear an oath of allegiance; to take an oath of allegiance
junior (at work, school, etc.); younger people; younger student
to loathe to part (with); to be reluctant to leave (someone)
to branch; to fork; to separate; to split; to disperse; to scatter
till; to; concerning (an area of expertise); swearing by (one's sword, God, etc.)
dependent on luck; matter of luck
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
even so; all the same; nevertheless; yes, but ...