melting; fusion; liquefaction
best-before date (on food); use-by date; expiry date; expiration date
milk; infant formula; formula; condensed milk
selection; sorting; culling; screening; triage
taking one's lover to a hotel
hand; arm; handwriting; penmanship; paw!; shake!
to trouble; to bother; to annoy
nine (in mekuri karuta); oicho-kabu (traditional Japanese gambling game)
carrot (Daucus carota); Asian ginseng (Panax ginseng)
shade; tone; tinge; hue; colour; color
crucial; key; most important; main (point)
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
wheat; barley; oat (oats)
white sauce; béchamel sauce
lump (of flour, etc.); clump (of ground meat, etc.)
odd; strange; queer; weird; bizarre
stomach and intestines; gastrointestinal tract; digestive organs
sharp rise (in prices); steep rise; substantial increase; soaring
somehow or other; one way or another; by some means or other
means of making contact; intermediary; go-between; connections; influence; pull
distribution channel; channel of distribution
to cut (food) into chunks; to chop into lumps
(excessive) flattery; smarminess; fawning
to differ; to be different; to run counter to; to change (into something out of the ordinary)
(direct) hit; hitting the mark
to resort to violence; to behave violently; to use force
false; pseudo-; quasi-; would-be; sham; pretended
suffix indicating room size (following a number of tatami mats and a counter)
(and) yet; but; for all that; nevertheless
boredom; ennui; tedium; discontent; unease
to imitate; to copy; to enter someone as a candidate; to press (e.g. a weapon against someone's back); to compare; to liken
to twist; to screw; to wrench; to sprain
(common) soldier; rank and file; army; troops; warfare; strategy
to hate each other; to hate mutually
cruel treatment; raw deal; kick in the pants
enmity; antagonism; hostility; feuding (with); being at odds (with)
to not understand; to not (quite) know; to be unsure; to be unable to tell
defacement; abrasion; wear and tear; crushing of a nerve
cover; mantle; shroud; hood; casing