cleaning; dry cleaning; laundry service
rubbish; trash; garbage; refuse
order picking (taking goods from a warehouse to fulfil customer orders); lock picking; picking (a guitar, banjo, etc.)
tool; implement; means; furniture
forfeiture; seizure; confiscation; impounding
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration
taste (in goods, etc.); manners; etiquette; modesty; restraint; knowledge, experience (of the arts, etc.)
obsession; fixation; complaining; criticizing; speciality (e.g. of restaurants)
promise; agreement; arrangement; something expected or predictable (e.g. running gag); typical or clichéd development (in a story); something considered obligatory or guaranteed (in a certain situation)
cookware; cooking utensil
to mow down; to scythe down; to knock someone off their feet
excavation; exhumation; discovery (e.g. new talent)
term; period; time frame; time limit; deadline; cutoff (date)
passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit
smooth; shiny; slippery; greasy; slurping (noodles)
eggs; egg; (hen's) egg; (an expert) in the making; beginning; origin
porcelain bowl; donburi; bowl of meat, fish, etc. served over rice
opportunity to show one's abilities; time to show one's stuff; one's province
thinly; slightly; vaguely; a little
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
convenience store lunch box
shell; husk; hull; pod; chaff
beyond this point; from now on; after this
something or other; one thing or another; this or that
lodger who pays nothing for room and board; freeloader; sponger
different opinion; objection
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
to be able to manage somehow or another
thick; deep; kind; cordial; abundant
cheers; bottoms-up; toast; drink (in celebration or in honor of something); drinking one's glass dry
cola (carbonated soft drink); kola tree (Cola acuminata, etc.); cola tree
bad-mouthing someone so as to be deliberately overheard; intentionally letting someone hear insults or sarcasm regarding them
hurriedly; in a hurry; in haste
here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now
repatriation; return; (electrical) feedback
natural virtue; personal virtue
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
technique; art; skill; move