clear weather; cloudless weather; good weather
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with (skillfully); handling (well); managing
preliminary arrangements; preparation; spadework; pre-cooking
to talk oneself hoarse; to shout oneself hoarse
person of firm character; stable person; gutsy person
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; content; substance
to take care of someone; to look after someone; to help; to give help where it isn't wanted; to be officious; to bother
tremendous; immense; enormous; colossal; stupendous; huge
on the light side (weight); (relative) lightness
to cool; to chill; to calm down; to cool off; to be frightened (at); to be scared (of)
briskly; quickly; promptly
to obey (an order, law, etc.); to abide by (a rule, custom, etc.); to follow (a person); to accompany; to go alongside (e.g. a river); to follow (e.g. a sign)
to treat; to handle; to deal with; to arrange; to decorate (with); to adorn (with)
feel; touch; texture; manner (with others)
cotton; cotton pads (usu. in amenity set); cotton buds
to change (one's clothes)
shopping; purchased goods
to get mended; to be repaired; to return to normal; to recover (e.g. one's temper); to be corrected; to get put right; to come right
to subsist; to keep on living
shallow; superficial; thoughtless; short-sighted; foolish; silly
cancellation; liquidation; resolution; reduction (e.g. of stress)
to (be able to) agree (with); to be able to accept; to find acceptable; to be convinced; to understand
in name only; figurehead; (only) by name
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
wife; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); trimmings; accompaniment; side (remark)
formal; official; regular; proper; legal; due (formalities)
if so; in that case; in that situation
to break a promise; to go back on one's word; to renege
savage; barbarous; barbaric; uncivilized; uncivilised
ignorant of the ways of the world
surface; face; outside; exterior; appearances; superficiality
to carve; to engrave; to sculpt; to tattoo
drawer; withdrawal (of money from an account); variety of knowledge and experience useful for handling things impromptu
that's the way it is; such is life
in name only; titular; nominal
from the bottom of one's heart; heartily; sincerely
irresponsible; perfunctory; lukewarm; half-baked; (already) enough; considerably