cost of a meal (or meals)
Japanese dock (plant) (Rumex japonicus)
mouse; rat; dark gray; dark grey; slate (color, colour)
facial flushing; drink-reddened face; having a hoarse voice after drinking; raspiness caused by over-drinking
publicity; advertisement; advertising; propaganda
to devise a plan; to work out a plan
toilet articles; makeup kit
make-up; making food (in a delivery-only restaurant); cooking
gracefully; affectedly; mincingly
to get flustered; to get flurried; to get agitated; to become impatient; to hurry
(wet) cough; (sound of) coughing
resin; (tobacco) resin; tar; sleep (in one's eyes, i.e. eye mucus)
nausea; sickness in the stomach
to curse (at someone); to call someone names; to speak bitterly
to be flowing (of blood); to be alive; to be humane; to show signs of humanity
tagged (esp. with a price); notorious; infamous; double-dyed
cased; boxed; precious; cherished; girl who has been sheltered from the world; one's special talent
to deceive; to blind the eyes of
diviner; fortune teller; soothsayer
drowning one's cares in drink; drinking in desperation
black and white; right and wrong
older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am
person with a lot of free time on their hands; person of leisure; idler; loafer
foolish; idiotic; stupid; ridiculous; absurd
the truth; fact; as it is; as you are; frank; bare plain
here and there; all around; everywhere; to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up
to scatter; to disseminate (e.g. a rumor); to spread (e.g. germs); to distribute widely (e.g. leaflets); to hand out freely; to spend recklessly
jack-of-all-trades; all-rounder; generalist; general merchant; general store
to become angry or sullen; to take offense; to be miffed; to come unstuck from; to peel off; to come off
remote past; far ago; time immemorial
to bite at; to snap at; to jump at (e.g. an offer); to snap at; to hold on to; to cling to
illegitimate child; secret love child
the person concerned; the person in question; the said person
to straighten up; to sit upright
to fly through the air; to hurtle through the air; to strike at something and miss; to fan the air
ding (of a bell); bing; honk (i.e. sound of blowing one's nose); snort; heating in a microwave; cooking in a microwave