calling on someone who is ill; enquiry; inquiry
hot (e.g. from the oven); steaming (from the pot); fresh; fresh (e.g. out of university); new (e.g. married couple)
dramatization (e.g. of a novel); dramatisation; adaptation; dramatization; embellishment; exaggeration
writing something on commission; newly written text
fiction; made-up story; fable; fabrication; myth
falling lightly (e.g. snow, petals, confetti); fluttering; flickering; twinkling; appearing and disappearing; catching glimpses
taking on one's share (e.g. of work); dividing (work, expenses, etc.) between; apportionment; allotment; allocation; assignment
tuber; taro; yokel; bumpkin; dud; worthless thing
on the way back; returning
to popularize; to popularise; to give currency to; to set a trend
bill (at a restaurant); check
overprotective; excessive care; overprotection; overprotectiveness
race (of people); type of person
like this; in this way; as you see
Japanese (people, language, style)
within the limits (framework, boundaries, price, etc.)
to feel inferior; to feel small
effectiveness of a drug; efficacy of a drug
derisory; negligible; minimal; nominal; imperceptible
deoxyribonucleic acid; DNA
concatenation; coupling; connection; linking; consolidation (e.g. of company accounts)
understanding; comprehension; grasp; perception; appreciation; mastery (of an art or skill)
to nod one's head; to nod yes; to agree
to hang; to suspend; to dangle; to swing; to carry
to feel oneself indebted to
to ask a big favour; to ask unreasonable things; to be unreasonable
clumsiness; awkwardness; ineptitude
implicitly; indirectly; tacitly; by implication; obscurely
three-day weekend; long weekend; three holidays in a row
right on the heels of yesterday, then today ...; soon after something, and yet now ...
outrageous; preposterous; scandalous; inexcusable; absurd; execrable
to get a haircut; to give a haircut; to cut hair