to be baked (food); to be printed (photos); to be fired (pottery)
one's share; one's portion
good performance; good work; great success
congestion; crush; crowding; confusion; disorder
to have a meal; to take a meal
to weather (a storm, rough seas); to ride across; to get through (adversity); to weather; to load completely (e.g. books on a shelf, people or luggage in a car)
right on the heels of yesterday; only yesterday
having one's hands full; not having any room to do more; at the limit
employee welfare; employee benefits; fringe benefits
how should I put it?; what shall I say?; well, you know; like
treatment; reception; service; working conditions; salary; pay
one cup (of); one glass (of); one drink (of alcohol); full; filled (with); fully; to capacity
meeting (face-to-face); seeing; visit; interview
Mary (mother of Jesus); the Virgin Mary; Mary (of Magdala); Mary Magdalene
poor; needy; lacking (quantity and quality-wise); poor; scanty
working away from home (esp. abroad); person working away from home; migrant worker
lively; active; vigorous; animated; brisk
to hear a rumor; to get wind of
line; queue; procession; matrix
to explain; to preach; to advocate; to persuade; to prevail upon; to reason with
trio; gang of three; threesome
back and front; inside and outside; inside out (e.g. clothing); double-dealing; two faces (cf. two-faced); outward appearance and actual condition
quick work; (clever) feat
number; edition; sobriquet; pen-name; size (of printing types, canvases, knitting needles, etc.); suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc.
to be confused; to be bewildered; to be taken aback
encouragement; spurring (on); cheering (on)
to send (a person or thing) to; to deliver; to escort
modest; reserved; quiet; frugal; simple; plain
contrary to expectations; or so we thought, but ...
please come (and visit us); please come (to our shop)
to call out; to ask someone to come
daily necessities; everyday item
town; block; street; road; chō (unit of length, approx. 109.09 m); chō (unit of land area, approx. 0.99 hectares)
to gather (attract, receive) attention; to have a high profile; to gain prominence; to become popular
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
to learn a lesson (usu. from an unpleasant experience); to be good for someone
habitat; home (e.g. of the tiger)
bog; marsh; swamp; quandary; dire situation from which one cannot extricate oneself; imbroglio
to go in the direction of; to proceed toward; to become; to face (facts, circumstances, etc.); (arch.) to abide by; (arch.) to agree to
production output; number of goods manufactured
variable measure of fabric (28.8 cm in width); for kimonos: at least 10 m in length; 300 tsubo (991.74 meters square, 0.24506 acres); six ken (10.91 m)
anti-; antithesis; fanqie; traditional Chinese spelling system in which two characters are used: the first one for the onset, the second one for rhyme and tone