strike (e.g. in baseball, bowling)
dangerous; risky; awful; terrible; terrific; amazing
to attract someone's attention; to arouse someone's interest; to sound someone out; to try to find out someone's true feelings; to (discreetly) probe someone's thoughts
meddling; meddlesomeness; nosiness; meddler; buttinsky; busybody
tedious; boring; being fed up with
to be dented; to be indented; to be beaten; to be overwhelmed; to be disheartened; to feel down
malicious; ill-tempered; unkind
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
to swing; to wield (physically); to exercise (e.g. power, ability); to exhibit; to flourish; to prosper
chirashi; chirashizushi; sushi rice in a box or bowl with a variety of ingredients sprinkled on top
(one's) favourite food; (one's) favorite food
no!; no no!; no, not at all
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
just kidding; not!; ersatz; imitation; phony
touché; you've got me there
thank you (for the meal); that was a delicious meal; thank you (for displaying lovey-dovey behaviour)
bath; bathing; bathhouse; public bath; room for drying lacquerware; base (wooden joint connecting the blade of a hoe, spade, etc., to the handle)
suffering from summer heat; summer heat fatigue
sensation; feeling; tendency; propensity
study; library; den; home office; reading room
to send; to dispatch; to despatch; to bestow (favour, etc.); to grant (e.g. pardon)
to mind; to care about; to be an issue; to matter; to keep company; to care for; to interfere with
just after a holiday break; the first day after the holidays
not caring; not giving a damn
washing (esp. dishes and laundry)
to redeem (from sin); to save
matter of time; question of time
marital quarrel; argument between husband and wife
avoided by everybody; disliked by everybody; (lit.) not even a dog will eat (it)
to watch over; to watch attentively
the interbrain; the diencephalon
concentration; focusing; convergence; within a collection of works
by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means
ear; hearing; edge; crust; selvedge (non-fray machined edge of fabrics); selvage
to tease; to make fun of; to poke fun at; to make a crack about; to chaff; to kid
even if; even though; even; too; whether ... or ...; no matter (what, where, who, etc.)
comfort; consolation; diversion
reconciliation; make peace with
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
patient's condition; pathology