to whisper; to murmur; to rumor; to rumour
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy
to smile back (at a person); to answer someone's smile
and yet; though; when; in spite of
alternation; change; relief; relay; shift; substitution (sports, etc.)
largish; biggish; a little bit larger
burden; load; responsibility; bearing (a cost, responsibility, etc.); shouldering
weight; heavyweight boxer
to be bulky; to be unwieldy; to grow voluminous
the most; the best; peerless; the greatest; first-rate
in this manner; in this way; like this
grasp; catch; understanding
leaving a decision to someone else (often of a meal to be selected by the chef); omakase
ability; gift; talent; sai; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml
senior class (kindergarten, pre-school, etc.)
to peel; to skin; to pare
to peel off; to come off; to be taken off
mandarin (esp. the satsuma mandarin (Citrus unshiu)); mandarin orange; tangerine; citrus (Citrus spp.)
to try to (do); to want to; to be about to (do, happen)
to feel relaxed; to be soothed
unreasonable; irrational; outrageous; absurd
to ignore; to disregard; to overlook; to connive at
slime; sliminess; mucus; viscous liquid
new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (China, 9-23 CE)
member; participant; attendee; lineup (sport)
to all appearances; no matter how you look at it
potato (Solanum tuberosum)
to leave as is; to let alone; to disregard
side of a geometric shape (e.g. triangle or rectangle)
criterion; standard; yardstick; rough estimate; approximation
completion; conclusion; perfect (tense, form, aspect)
similarly; same (idea); same (name)
hateful; abominable; poor-looking; amazing; fantastic; admirable
to set one's hand to; to start work on; to embezzle; to use (money obtained in illegal fashion); to have sexual relations; to have an affair
if anything; conversely; putting it the other way around; coming at it from the opposite angle
to take out; to carry out; to bring out from where it belongs; to mention something; to broach a topic; to bring up (a subject)
the best one can do; one's best effort; with all one's might; to the best of one's ability
thick; viscous; muddy; dirty (with oil, grease, etc.); to be in an ugly state (of emotions, relations, etc.); to be murky
seasoning; flavoring; flavouring; condiment
assuming that ...; supposing that ...