joke; pun; jest; smartly dressed; stylish; fashion-conscious
bowl (wooden); counter for bowls of food or drink
customer traffic; customers; custom
to want something desperately; to want something (so badly one can taste it)
to paw (at) the ground; to struggle (using one's arms and legs); to flounder; to struggle (to escape an adverse situation); to strive
to use up; to exhaust; to wear out
season (e.g. fruit, fish); in vogue; popular; fresh
originator; pioneer; inventor; progenitor; primogenitor; founder of a family line
ramen; Chinese-style noodles
buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum); soba; Japanese buckwheat noodles
posterity; future life; life to come
foundation stone; cornerstone
downfall; ruin; collapse; destruction
to fall fast asleep; to be confined to one's bed; to be laid up
fashion; trend; vogue; prevalence (of a disease); epidemic
outbreak of an illness; onset of an illness; appearance of symptoms
specific medicine; wonder drug; silver bullet
representation; agency; proxy; deputy; agent; attorney
chief; main; principal; major
blame; censure; rebuke; reproof
half-moon; half a month; semicircle
to be accustomed to traveling (travelling)
melancholy; gloom; depression
stockpile; reserves; storing; stocking up; laying in (supplies)
light; easy; non-serious; minor
to turn over (in one's sleep); to toss and turn (in bed); to change sides; to double-cross; to betray
much more; still more; single layer (or storey, etc.); (arch.) rather; (arch.) sooner
appearance; presence; attendance; surrender (e.g. to the police); turning oneself in
state of emergency; emergency; crisis
in regard to; concerning (usu. of disputes)
to rub together; to reconcile (ideas, proposals, plans); to compare and adjust