temporary; transient; trifling; trivial; careless; perfunctory
seasoning; flavour; flavor
to swell up (by soaking in or absorbing a liquid); to become soft; to become soggy; to become lazy; to become indolent; to become slack
self-willed; (doing or saying things) to suit one's own convenience; oblivious to the convenience of others
viewer (esp. of television, streaming video content); audience; viewership; listener (occ. of radio, audio streaming content)
to deny; to contradict; to negate (esp. a sound); to drown out
unattended (video, audio) recording; message left on the answering machine
public telephone; pay phone
cut; cutting; omission; cutting; haircut; (continuous) shot (in a film or TV show); illustration (in a book, newspaper, etc.)
suspension; interruption; stoppage; tie-up; cessation
national isolation; closing the country (to foreigners); sakoku; policy of national isolation enacted by the Tokugawa shogunate
to well up; to burst; to arise
waking up; awakening; arousal; disillusion; disillusionment; awakening
to have a meal; to take a meal
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
to put in order; to tidy up; to settle (a matter); to solve; to finish; to get through
nothing in particular; none in particular
things at hand; personal belongings
the sciences; STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics)
what do you want?; can I help you?
all you want; as much as one wants
samadhi (state of intense concentration achieved through meditation); being immersed in; being absorbed in; prone to; apt to
fierce fight; close contest
(in spite of) being old enough to know better
concurrent engineering; CE
traction; towing; hauling; driving (e.g. economic growth)
disliking a certain food without having tried it; disliking something without having tried it; being prejudiced against; having an instinctive aversion to
banter; teasing; chaffing; merely asking the price; just looking at goods; window-shopping
main entrance; front entrance; main exit; front exit