difficult voyage; stormy passage; hard flight; rough going; running into trouble; proceeding with difficulty
to pile up; to accumulate; to estimate
yellow; high-pitched (voice); shrill
planning; plan; project; arrangements
color; colour; color; character; coloring (one's hair); dyeing
eating heavily; hearty eating; binge eating; big eater; trencherman; gormandizer
worldwide; common to the whole world; universal
secret plan; secret scheme; secret stratagem; secret method
one plate (of food); one dish; one helping
unique; distinctive; novel; different color (colour)
work (e.g. of art); piece; harvest; crop; technique
purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not
(attitude of) being ready to take on a challenge; can-do spirit
faithful; devoted; loyal; honest; true
to look at each other; to exchange looks; to correspond (to); to be proportionate (to); to be in keeping with
inquisitive mind; spirit of inquiry; spirit of enquiry
to calm; to soothe; to quiet; to appease
entomophagy; insect eating
it is written that ...; ... is written; it says ...; it reads ...
to tear to pieces; to tear to shreds; to pick (e.g. fruit); to pluck; to do ... heavily; to do ... heartily
throat; singing voice; gutter (inner margins of a book)
critical (condition); serious
another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to
culture; civilization; civilisation; Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
coordinator; coordinating role
major; large; the Major Leagues; Major League Baseball; major (key, scale, etc.); (oil) major
to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex
to refer to; to consult; to use as a reference
final; eventual; ultimate
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
home; household; family; hearth
mixing; blending (e.g. spices); compounding (e.g. a medicine); making up; dispensing (a prescription); preparation
healthy; robust; strong; solid; durable
sample; specimen; pattern; model; example
(one's) quota; assignment
three flat objects (sheets of paper, pieces of cloth, etc.); cutting a fish into two boneless fillets and a piece with the skeleton
joke; playfulness; kidding around
master; Your Lordship; My Lord; husband
when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)