to buy; to purchase; to value (highly); to think highly of; to incur (someone's anger, displeasure, etc.); to elicit (e.g. sneers)
yakiniku; Japanese dish of grilled meat similar to Korean barbecue; roasted meat; grill
bento; Japanese box lunch
iron plate; steel plate; sure thing; certain winner
intricate; elaborate; complicated; complex
preservation; conservation; storage; save (to storage)
last night; yesterday evening
hour; o'clock; (specified) time; when ...; during ...
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
to be completed; to be finished; to be ready (e.g. to serve or eat); to be very drunk; to get plastered
easy; simple; informal; offhand; cheap
elementary level; beginner level
popularity; public favor; condition (e.g. market); tone; character
in the same way as; just like
unconsciously; without knowing it; unwittingly; unawares
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
to hit something aimed at (maliciously); to hit a prize (lottery, etc.)
to long for; to yearn for; to hanker after; to be attracted by; to be drawn to; to aspire to
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
buying; purchasing; stocking up on
origin; source; basis; base; cause; (raw) material; ingredient
storage; putting away; receipt (of funds, payment, etc.); harvesting
extraordinary; exceptional; unprecedented; solecistic; non-standard; irregular
ability; performance; efficiency
to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to leverage (skills, attributes, experience, etc.); to restore (a deleted passage; in proofreading)
to buy in quantity; to buy a lot (of); to stock up (on); to lay in
(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount
insufficiency; deficiency; shortage; dissatisfaction; discontent; complaint
(edible) greens; leafy greens; vegetables
maximum; to the maximum degree; to the full; at a maximum
to pull out; to take out; to lead out (e.g. a horse from a stable); to summon (e.g. to court); to withdraw (money); to draw
unskilled; not very good at
reduction by half; halving
part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty
to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)
just made; fresh (e.g. from the oven); newly built (e.g. house); brand-new
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
to cram; to stuff; to jam; to squeeze; to pack; to crowd
to leave behind; to put off; to postpone
cause; seed; variety; kind; counter for varieties
between-meal snack; mid-afternoon (around 3 o'clock) snack; afternoon refreshment; afternoon tea
to include (in a group or scope); to instruct; to make one understand; to include (a nuance); to put in (an implication); to put in (someone's) mouth