salt; common salt; hardship; toil; saltiness; cold
fast (walking); quick; brisk; quick (passing of time); rapid; swift
stir-fry; stir-fried food
diagonally upward; (going in a) completely unexpected direction (of a story, result, etc.)
ventilation fan; extractor fan
morning; forenoon; just before noon
to wake (someone) up (roughly); to rouse out of bed; to awaken (someone) by knocking at the door
Chinese cooking; Chinese food
shop; store; someone who sells (something) or works as (something); someone with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
insistent; obstinate; persistent; too rich (taste, etc.); fatty; heavy
sound sleep; good sleep; quiet sleep
mixture of ingredients (originally five); mixture of minced vegetables, fish, and meat, mixed in a starch (rice, noodles); gomoku (game); five in a row
yakisoba; fried noodles, usu. with vegetables and meat
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
extermination; elimination; renouncing worldly desires (in order to concentrate on Buddhist teachings); curing (an illness)
thank you for waiting; sorry to have kept you waiting
to be believed to; to be expected to; to be feared to; to be poised to; to be considered to; to be likely to
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
imprudent; indiscreet; immodest; indecent; inconsiderate; inappropriate
idle slumber; indolence; inactivity
spare time; free time; time (it takes to do something); time required; time off; leave; dismissal
police; police officer; police station; self-appointed enforcer (of a rule, standard, etc.); busybody
to crush; to squash; to flatten; to quash (a plan, opposition, etc.); to crush; to suppress
belonging to (a group, organization, etc.); affiliation (with); being attached to; being under the control of; serving (in the military, congress, etc.)
to belong to; to come under; to be affiliated with; to be subject to
engine; agency; organisation; system; facility
popular name; common name; nickname; alias
encompassing; covering (exhaustively); including (all of); comprising; comprehending
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
development; growth; development (of a situation, story, etc.); advancement; playing around (sexually; esp. of a male homosexual); having an active sex life
function; facility; faculty; feature
fall; decline; lowering; deterioration; degradation
restoration; repair; mending
professional job; profession
another name; different name; synonym; alias; pseudonym; pen name
ill will; spite; bad meaning; mala fides; bad faith; malice
very likely; very probable
return; relapse; recurrence
to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid
work; labor; achievement; performance; salary; income
(in) secrecy; behind closed doors