dietary education; nutrition education; food education
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
business conditions; the market; good (economic) times; prosperity; liveliness; energy
housewife demographic; housewives
making money; making a profit
snack food (esp. potato chips, popcorn, etc.); munchie
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
plentiful; lot of; much; pile of
maid; helper; help; assistance
a great deal; very much; a lot; (arch.) with a great amount of effort
to be too busy; to be occupied; to concentrate on single-mindedly
to cut corners; to be shoddy; to slack off; to play a tenuki; to tenuki
upper part; upper stream; upper course of a river; right side of the stage (audience's or camera's POV); stage left (actor's POV); skillful (in comparisons)
returned goods; returning purchased goods
with a bang; with a crash; with a bump; suddenly (fall); sharply
on closer reflection; on second thought; come to think of it; actually
impertinent; saucy; cheeky; impudent; audacious; cocky
to speak frankly; to put things bluntly
18th day of the month; 18 days
the other day; a few days ago
revenge; having a second go (at something)
judging; inspection; examination; investigation; review
to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being
to accept someone's challenge; to take up the gauntlet
reluctant; unwilling; involuntary; unintentional; unintended; unlooked-for
full-course dinner; multicourse meal; full (educational) course
to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)
excitement; stimulation; agitation; arousal
to blow off (strongly); to blow away; to drive away (e.g. one's worries); to dispel; to do at great speed (e.g. drive a car); to carry out (a task) very quickly
microelectronics; Middle East; Middle English; ME; macroengineering; medical electronics; medical engineering
diffusion index; discomfort index; drug information
job application form; employee satisfaction
(non-documentary) television series; TV drama; teledrama; drama; dramatic incident; spectacle
to be obsessive (about); to be overly concerned (with); to be particular (about); to pay special attention (to); to get stuck; to be obstructed
in short; the point is; the important thing is; in a word; basically
to stay at (e.g. hotel); to be docked; to be berthed; to be moored
reeking of liquor; smelling of alcohol
female friend; woman friend
to drink oneself dead drunk; to drink oneself unconscious
as a test; as an experiment; by way of experiment; by way of trial; tentatively