half; biracial person (esp. half-Japanese); person of mixed parentage; half (of a game); halfback; 9-hole half (of a round)
buying a large amount (esp. of collectible items aimed at children, e.g. manga)
preparing (food) in advance; making in advance; pre-made; prepared in advance
strict; close; precise; scrupulous
adding water (to a plant)
green chili pepper; unripe chili pepper
mechanism; machinery; trick; dodge; mechanical doll; string puppet
extortion; blackmail; shakedown; extortionist; blackmailer; racketeer
sliced vegetables pickled in soy sauce
Chinese onion (Allium chinense); Chinese scallion; Kiangsi scallion; pickled Chinese onion
pickling in vinegar; vinegar pickles
extravagant spending; wasteful spending; splurging; squandering
petty bourgeois; lower middle class
stature; body height; one's means; one's status; one's ability
downheartedly; dejectedly; dispiritedly; despondently
to treat shabbily; to be careless about; to handle roughly; to waste; to use wastefully; to spend recklessly
heavy heartbeat; thumping; pounding
to jostle; to shove and push; to struggle with one another
scolding; reprimand; lecture
nowadays; in this day and age
(matter) for congratulations; worthy of celebration; happy (occasion, ending, etc.); naive; too good-natured; gullible
snowmelt; meltwater; melted snow
advice (to a superior); counsel; proposal; suggestion; recommendation
tremendous; rapid; dramatic
ruler; measure; measuring stick; standard; criterion; yardstick
starting (e.g. of an engine); engaging (e.g. of a lock); expenses; costs; attack (esp. a corner approach); barb (of a fish hook)
waves that remain after the wind has subsided; after-effect; aftermath
crushed flat; flattened; flat-chested girl; sound of a sticky rice cake sticking to something
unmanageable child; spoiled child (spoilt); spoiled brat
to put to bed; to let sleep; to lay (something) down; to put on its side; to let (money, goods, etc.) lie idle; to set aside unused
flour; powder (for polishing, dusting, etc.)
die cutting; cutting with a cutter; shaping with a mold; cookie cutter
gyoza; pot sticker; crescent-shaped pan-fried dumplings stuffed with minced pork and vegetables