spit; skewer; proxy (computer server)
green tea with roasted brown rice
today and tomorrow; today or tomorrow; in a day or two; very soon
plump; rotund; chubby; entirely; completely; wholly
(sales) promotion; (sales, advertising) campaign; campaign (for an election, social change, etc.); movement; (military) campaign
hot spring district (within a town)
to be embarrassed for a reply
angrily; in a huff; in anger; plump; tender
free-range rearing; letting (animals) roam freely; pasturing; letting (a dog) run loose; letting (a child) run free
face; honour; meld; lineup (of players participating in a mahjong game); attendees (e.g. at a meeting); members
graduations (on a ruler, thermometer, etc.); gradations; division; scale
to flutter (e.g. a flag); to wave; to reverberate (e.g. thunder); to resound
American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis)
highlight (scene); high point; climax; show-off scene (of an actor in a play)
aggressiveness; aggression
late-growing rice; late-ripening crops; late-blooming flowers; late developer (e.g. child who reaches puberty late); late bloomer
with a whack; with a smack; (answering a question) directly; definitively
wheedling child; spoiled child; pampered child; child who always demands attention
tatami room; dinner party in a tatami room with a geisha or maiko
at the critical moment; when the time comes; when it's most important; when necessary; in an emergency; when push comes to shove
rambunctious kid; wild kid; hooligan; rowdy; roughneck
to devise a plan; to work out a plan
military affairs; military work
gyudon; rice covered with sliced beef, usu. with fried onion
wickedness; evil; iniquity; wrongness
to slip into (a place) for the purposes of having sex (e.g. a lover's house, hotel, red light district); to shack up with; to shut oneself away at home (due to lack of money)
cast (of a film, play, etc.); cast member; casting (a line); casting (video, audio, etc.); (type) casting
strict; rigid; exact; fair; impartial
to pitch in and help; to give someone a hand
to remove; to take away; to clear away; to tear down; to pull down; to demolish
performance (e.g. music, dance, drama); something done (just) for show; theatre; performance (of a computer, car, investment, etc.)
serving concurrently as; holding the additional post of
to throw off (clothes); to cast off; to fling off; to cast off (old ideas, habits, etc.); to discard
to advise strongly; to insist (on something)
to run around trying to escape; to run from place to place
having a crisp appearance; stiffly; tensely; smartly (e.g. dressed); neatly
abandonment; renouncement; renunciation; resignation; abdication; surrender
fictitious; imaginary; fanciful; aerial; overhead
keep it up!; way to go!; you've got it!; that's it; attaboy!; attagirl!
party (political); person who is fond of; fan of
perfect score; full marks; perfect; entirely satisfactory; excellent