new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
simple; plain; uncomplicated; straightforward; simple-minded; naive
to become lukewarm; to become tepid
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
hot (thing); passionate (feelings, etc.); ardent; hot (e.g. temper); zealous; enthusiastic; intense
demon; devil; evil spirit; -crazed person; -obsessed person; fiend
flexible; lithe; soft; pliable
correspondence (to); equivalence; suitability; coordination; dealing with; coping with
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
service business (hotel, restaurant, entertainment); service industry
occupation; calling; livelihood
shall ...; to assume; to suppose
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to hug; to have (a thought or feeling); to hold; to harbour (suspicion, doubt, etc.)
root (of a plant); stump (of a tree); root (of a problem, etc.); base
pretty girl who attracts customers to come inside a shop
general; popular; common; typical
mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but
to dance (orig. a hopping dance)
time; hour; season; time of the year
alone; by oneself; on one's own
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
store; shop; establishment; restaurant
war potential; military strength; fighting power; ability (to compete); capabilities; valuable asset
office hours; business hours; working hours
securing; obtaining; ensuring; belay; belaying
for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of
convenience; user-friendliness
preference; priority; precedence
bathing; to bathe; to take a bath; to enter a bath
to finish; to get it over with; to settle; to pay back; to get along (without something); to make do with (without)
ward; borough; city (in Tokyo); district (e.g. electoral); section; zone (e.g. postal)
dwelling; house; residence; living; life
(just) out of curiosity; (just) in order to satisfy one's curiosity; aimed chiefly at amusing; sensational (e.g. magazine)
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that
to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
something like ...; something called ...
thickly; viscously; sleepily; drowsily; dozing off