ryokan; traditional Japanese inn
naked; bare; uncovered; frank; open; blunt
structural alteration (of a building); reconstruction; rebuilding; remodelling; remodeling
to go to meet (someone); to go to pick up
to fry; to saute; to stir-fry
to stimulate one's appetite; to whet one's appetite
fat; tallow; lard; grease
(Chinese-style) almond jelly; dessert of powdered and jellied apricot kernels with fruit
dealer (esp. in cars); dealership; dealer; dealer; exhibitor (at a convention, etc.)
untraceable; long lost; one's whereabouts being unknown
convening; calling together (e.g. parliament); call-up (for military service)
double; double bed; hotel room with a double bed; double-breasted; double-cuffed; double width (of cloth; usu. 1.42 meters); doubles (e.g. in tennis)
depression; low spirits; luxuriant (of vegetation)
impossibly hard video game
burnt field; burnt area; land devastated by fire
for better or worse; luckily or unluckily
abuse; misuse; perversion
(picture) frame; architrave (of a door, window, etc.)
greeting the New Year (on New Year's Eve); welcoming the New Year
present-day science; modern science
chattering (teeth); (frozen, worried) stiff; rigid (personality, thinking, etc.); inflexible; voracious (e.g. work, study); without slack or pause
equation; formula; method for solving a problem; set way of achieving a particular result
Laplace's demon (hypothetical omniscient observer)
entropy; entropy (information theory)
way of thinking; point of view; opinion; approach (e.g. to a problem); attitude
weak point; vulnerable point; Achilles' heel
inevitable; necessary; certain; inevitability; necessity
practicability; feasibility; operability; expected implementation
to come true (of a dream, wish, etc.); to be realized; to be fulfilled; to be granted; to be answered (of a prayer); to be requited (of love)
soon; momentarily; before long; any time now
inspector; examiner; auditor