to get; to obtain; to come by; to find
sex worker (at a soapland)
average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to
taking a story with a grain of salt; discounting half the story
paying; remunerative; advantageous; profitable
part-time employer; place where one works part-time
meeting; greeting; welcome
police van; paddy wagon; prisoner transport vehicle
wire netting; wire mesh; wire screen; chain-link mesh
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it
university student; college student
unintelligible language; incoherent language; talking nonsense; "all Greek to me"; double Dutch; (something) incomprehensible
built-in; fixed; attached
water tank; cistern; fish tank; aquarium
average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to
matcha; powdered green tea
change of color; change of colour; fading; discoloration; discolouration
preservation from decay; prevention of putrefaction; embalmment; antisepsis
guidance; leadership; instruction; shido (disciplinary action for a minor infringement of the rules of judo)
former army; Imperial Japanese Army
it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?
institution; establishment; facility; home (for elderly, orphans, etc.)
preservation; conservation; storage; saving (e.g. to disk)
ideal; perfect; most suitable; just right
exchange; interchange; switching; reciprocity; barter; substitution
tag; label; game of tag; tag-team match; working together as a team
to drive in (e.g. nail, stake); to hammer in; to hit (a ball, etc.); to drive; to fire into (e.g. a crowd); to launch (e.g. missiles); to input (data)
link; connection; filler; stopgap (job, budget, etc.); thickener (e.g. in cooking); thickening; hedging
work clothes; workwear; boilersuit; overalls
rod; pole; stick; fishing rod
ring; loop (of rope); halo (of an angel)
at hand; on hand; way of moving one's arms; skill; money at hand; pocket money
to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)
to become possible; to become able to (do)
health care center; health care centre; animal shelter
to tighten; to press hard
washing; cleansing; cleaning; cleansing (one's mind and body)
side job (outside of one's main employment); side gig; part job (carried out at home); home industry; (secretly) working on something unrelated to the class (or conference, etc.) one is attending
dryness; aridity; drying (e.g. clothes); insipidity