to grow cold; to get chilly; to cool down
to snap one's fingers; to pop one's fingers; to crack one's knuckles
tasteless and odorless; bland
unsatisfying; disappointing; abrupt; not enough; too quick; too short
sleepiness; drowsiness; the sandman; Morpheus
vague; desultory; distracted; loose; half-hearted; diffuse
to feel down; to feel sad; to be in a slump (business, economy, etc.); to be in an unfavourable condition; to fall into (e.g. a hole)
public employee; government employee; public-sector worker; public servant; civil servant
continuously; from beginning to end; from first to last
hard to deal with; hard to handle; difficult; trying; intractable; incorrigible
artificiality; pretence; contrived act; commission (of a crime); feasance
falsehood; untruth; lie; fallacy
leather strap binding the plates of traditional Japanese armor (armour)
thank you for waiting; sorry to have kept you waiting
a gathering of many beautiful women (talented people); simultaneous emergence of many talents and achievements; (lit.) hundred flowers blooming in profusion
pudding (esp. custard); black hair dyed blond but where the roots have again turned black
jello; jelly; gelatin dessert; gel; jelly
to dish up; to arrange (food) on a plate
tolerant; big; flexible; big-hearted; accepting; open-minded
remnant; fragment; fraction; odd sum; halfway; half-hearted
ice; ice cream; ice pop; ice lolly; cold; iced (e.g. iced tea, iced coffee); ice (stimulant drug)
oh; oh my; oh dear; well, ...; er ...; why, ...
to get one's head around; to think about
coworker; co-worker; colleague; associate
to smoke a cigarette; to smoke
handle; grip; stalk (of a mushroom, leaf, etc.)
goblin; apparition; monster; ghost; phantom; spectre
rest; recess; vacation; holiday; dormancy (of a silkworm prior to moulting)
to be weary; to be worn out; to be fed up (with); to be sick of; to be dejected; to be dispirited
to get to the main subject; to move on to the main topic; to get down to business
swallowing in one gulp; downing; sipping; sip; thinking nothing of one's opponent; making easy prey of someone
perpetual youth and longevity; immortality
strawberry (esp. the garden strawberry, Fragaria x ananassa); 15,000 yen
to grimace; to make a wry face; to contort one's face
domination of the world; world hegemony; world domination