reserve; spare; treasured; valued; (ace) up one's sleeve; trump
between-meal snack; mid-afternoon (around 3 o'clock) snack; afternoon refreshment; afternoon tea
juice; soft drink (usu. fruit-based); sweetened drink
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
bento; Japanese box lunch
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
lunch; noon; midday; daytime; waking up; getting up
enjoyment; pleasure; diversion; anticipation; looking forward to
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
force; vigor; influence; authority; impetus; momentum
perhaps; possibly; maybe; if; in case; in the event that
to return to normal; to revert to the starting point; to go back to how it was
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
skin; body (in the context of intimate bodily contact); surface; grain (e.g. of wood); disposition; temperament
smooth; shiny; slippery; greasy; slurping (noodles)
wide open (of eyes); large and bright (eyes)
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration
beautiful; pretty; lovely; sweet; pure (heart, friendship, etc.)
polish; improvement; burnishing
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
to shine; to glitter; to sparkle
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
I; me; self-centered man; egotistical man; pompous man
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
beautiful woman; (a) beauty
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; (not) any
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory
to be found; to be discovered
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
to kick; to refuse; to reject; to stamp (on the ground); to firmly press one's feet (against something)
to spill; to fall out of; to peek through; to become visible (although normally not); to escape (of a smile, tear, etc.)
cartoon; comic; comic strip; manga
such (about the actions of the listener, or about ideas expressed or understood by the listener); like that; that sort of
alright; all right; right on; looking good; OK; okay
warming (limbering) up; warming-up exercises
always; constantly; frequently; often; nonstop