to give one's everything; to make one's best effort; to be enthused; to put your back into it
putting the cart before the horse; mistaking the means for the end; getting one's priorities backwards
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
while; during; while; although; all; both
to learn; to study; to take lessons in
scholarly ability; scholarship; knowledge; literary ability
elevation; rise; improvement; advancement; progress
killing two birds with one stone
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
supermarket; subtitles; telop; superheterodyne; super
employee (of a store); shop assistant; clerk; salesperson
instantly; immediately; equals; means; oneness (of two opposing things); inseparability
neck; head; dismissal (from a job); firing
maid cafe; cafe with waitresses dressed in cute maid costumes
to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something
popularity; public favor; condition (e.g. market); tone; character
Her Majesty the Queen; mistress (in S&M); dominatrix
feces (esp. animal); excrement; dung
store; shop; establishment; restaurant
(time of) one's childhood; when one was a child
to take seriously; to believe in; to fall for
good(-tasting); nice; delicious; attractive (offer, opportunity, etc.); appealing; convenient
various; varied; diverse; all sorts of
part-time job; side job; part-time worker; part-timer
superficial; half-hearted; shallow
clothes (esp. Western clothes); clothing; dress; counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, puffs of a cigarette, etc.
to take off (clothes, shoes, etc.); to undress
transformation; abnormality; sexual perversion; pervert; metamorphosis; transformation
arrival (of post, news, correspondence, etc.); receiving (a phone call, email, etc.)
not writing or contacting for a while; neglecting (failing) to write (call, visit, etc.); long silence
pie; tart; palmier (pastry)
(please) try to; (please) look; seeing; looking
raw; uncooked; natural; as it is; unprotected (sex); raw; live (i.e. not recorded)
to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of
kitchen; galley; (Internet) troll
photography (still or motion); photographing; filming; shooting; (video) recording
store; shop; establishment; restaurant
sacred place; holy ground; the Holy Land; real-life location used as a setting in a novel, film, anime, etc.
fan; enthusiast; lover (of); (electric) fan
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
store name; shop name; restaurant name
pick; plectrum; ice pick; pickaxe; pick (of an ice axe); pick (tool for picking a lock)
to insert; to put in; to come in (of light); to shine in; to have a griping pain (in the stomach, chest, etc.)