café; cafe; coffeehouse; hostess bar (serving western alcoholic beverages; Taisho and Showa period)
down to earth; reasonable; able to deal with
program competing with another in the same timeslot (programme); counterprogram (television)
ideally; if one were to wish for more
groundwork; foundation; inclination; aptitude; undercoat; first coat
quarrelsome; easy to anger; quick to lose temper
quarrel; dispute; argument
on bad terms; at loggerheads
sense of distance (physical or emotional); feeling of distance
stagnation; hindrance; delay
to be intolerable; to be unpardonable; to be too many to see all at once
wigless head; head of natural hair; intelligence; comprehension; smarts
to talk of one's dreams (esp. unrealistic, far-fetched ones); to dream out loud
cannot avoid doing; cannot help but (do); is compelled to do; (feel) obliged to (do); has to do
regular; ordinary (e.g. session of parliament); established usage; precedent; regular practice
upper side (of a go, chess or othello board)
conversion; shift; about-face; switch
to take part in; to be a party to; to side with; to support; to agree with
to cool down; to get cold; to cool off (excitement, temper, etc.); to subside; to be cold (eyes, expression, etc.); to be composed
difference in temperature; difference in degrees of enthusiasm (interest, commitment, etc.); difference in attitude
contribution (e.g. to newspaper)
to collect one's thoughts; to gather one's thoughts; to put one's ideas in order
pop; popular; pop-art-style; pop (music); pop (stack operation)
financial page (of newspaper); financial aspects; economic front
derailment; digression; deviation
one full year; first anniversary
indicates concession or compromise; indicates permission
to cut and divide; to cut up; to cut into pieces; to distinguish (e.g. facets of a problem); to isolate
lunch; (Western-style) single-plate lunch set; plate lunch; launch (boat); ranch
extra-large; king-size; highest (priority, urgency, etc)
holding two or more positions concurrently
being open but having virtually no business
to pass (a car); to overtake; to surpass; to outstrip; to outdistance
building up one's body; building up one's muscles; making oneself stronger; bodybuilding
fat; tallow; lard; grease
pretending to know; claiming to have an answer
vengeance; revenge; retaliation
reserving (for exclusive use); (full) booking; chartering; block reservation
outward appearance; exterior appearance; outward show; looks