(complete) destruction; annihilation; devastation
other people's affairs; someone else's problem
desktop; desk-top; tabletop; after-dinner speech
to be baked (food); to be printed (photos); to be fired (pottery)
thickly; stickily; viscously
sauce; Worcestershire sauce
brush (for painting, basting, etc.)
loose; lenient; lax; gentle (curve, slope, etc.); slow; weak; soft
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
katsuobushi; pieces of sliced dried bonito
blue; azure; green; green light (traffic); black (horse coat color); blue 5-point card; immature
nori; laver; edible seaweed, usu. Porphyra yezoensis or P. tenera, usu. dried and pressed into sheets
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
to burn; to scorch; to char; to singe
feeling of emptiness in the stomach; sensation of hunger
light eating; spare diet; not eating much
compensation; reparation; price (of achieving a goal); cost; paying compensation on someone's behalf; compensation
fuel consumption; gas mileage
flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
to cut off; to excise; to tear off; to cut out; to whittle down; to tear out
chain store; retail chain; restaurant chain
reason; circumstances; grounds; because of; due to; as a result of
something like ...; something called ...
after a long time; for the first time in a while
to be palatable; to suit one's taste
in an instant; in a flash; in the blink of an eye; in no time at all; just like that
rare; uncommon; not often seen
pride (in one's achievements, possessions, etc.); self-praise; boast
profile; face in profile; face seen from the side; (personal) profile; (biographical) sketch; outline (of someone's life)
the same generation; coeval
to be rejuvenated; to feel young again
sailor suit; middy uniform; two-piece school uniform modeled after the sailor suit
sunglasses; shady glasses; dark glasses
true character; true form; true colors; consciousness; one's senses
to dodge (e.g. a question); to evade; to sidestep; to give (someone) the slip
abdomen; belly; womb; one's mind; one's real intentions; courage; nerve
to ask again; to repeat one's question; to ask back; to ask in return; to counter
government plane (esp. for transporting senior politicians, etc.)
shooting down (an aircraft)