yakitori; chicken pieces (or sometimes beef or pork offal) grilled on a skewer; grilled and skewered bird (esp. sparrow); failing to win a single hand during a half-game
unusual event; strange occurrence; strange phenomenon; something abnormal; change (for the worse); accident
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news
as time passes; with the passing of time; with time
alley; alleyway; teahouse garden; path through a gate (or through a garden, etc.)
shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; background; behind the scenes
line; queue; procession; matrix
(not) ever; (not) by any means; (not) in the least; (not) in any way; (not) at all
to touch; to feel; to get involved (with); to approach; to be harmful to; to hinder
sickle; leading question; trick question; sickle-and-chain (weapon); spear with curved cross-blades; gooseneck tenon and mortise joint; (arch.) noisiness
to make (good) progress; to move right ahead (with the work); to advance
six o'clock; six periods of a day (morning, midday, afternoon, evening, midnight, late night)
to take refuge in; to succeed in running away
just as (each) one likes; as (each) one pleases; as (each) one prefers; (each) in one's own way
to relax; to feel at home
passerby; pedestrian; foot passenger
magnificent spectacle; thrilling sight; grand view
assortment (of food); assorted dishes; combination platter
dishes based on spring onions and tuna
to open one's mouth wide and eat heartily; to gulp down food
theory; reason; logic; (unreasonable) argument; strained logic; excuse
objection; refutation; rebuttal; counterargument
dejected; dispirited; crestfallen; discouraged
depending on; as soon as; immediately after; as (e.g. "as one is told", "as one wishes"); whatever (e.g. "whatever is at hand"); order; program
intracerebral; inside the brain; (occurring) in the mind; mental (e.g. image); imaginary
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
to make an appearance; to show up
hypothesis; supposition; assumption; tentative theory
to apply (a rule); to be applicable; to come under (a category); to fulfill; to hold true
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them
that child; that kid; that boy; (arch.) you
you must be kidding; hey, come on!; surely not!
either way; in any case; one way or another
from now; from the present moment; from this time forward; henceforth
resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
something or other; one thing or another; this or that
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
cat hater; dislike of cats
true state; actual condition; reality
wasabi (Wasabia japonica); Japanese horseradish
tailoring; dressmaking; sewing; making; preparation