electric hot plate; hotplate; electric griddle
just after a holiday break; the first day after the holidays
close (e.g. friend); familiar; familiar (e.g. story); well-known (to one); close (relatives); closely related
grain thief; sharpened tube for testing rice in bags; sashimi (sliced raw fish); stabbing; piercing
horse mackerel (Carangidae spp., esp. the Japanese horse mackerel, Trachurus japonicus); jack mackerel; pompano; scad
inari and maki sushi served together
line-up (of players, products, etc.); lineup
as hoped for; as expected
legume (esp. edible legumes or their seeds, e.g. beans, peas, pulses); bean; soya bean (Glycine max); soybean; female genitalia (esp. the clitoris); kidney; small
bell pepper (esp. green); green pepper; sweet pepper; capsicum
advantage; benefit; merit; good point; plus
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
thinnish; somewhat thin; weakish; on the weak side; rather light; rather pale
thickly; densely; luxuriantly
guard (on a sword); brim (of a hat); visor; brim (of a pot); flange
plain; unfigured; patternless; solid (color)
to harvest all of (a crop); to reap completely; to finish cutting (e.g. weeds); to taper (hair) at the back; to cut hair so that it gradually gets shorter at the back of the head
red line; red-light district (marked by a red line on police maps); non-legal public road (denoted by a red line on cadastral maps; sometimes no longer physically existing)
direction of travel; direction of movement
to run into (room, building, etc.); to go for long training runs
to get entangled (with each other); to get muddled together
to be tripped up; to be too drunk to stand
to trip someone up; to pull the carpet from under
throwing technique; throw
to be completed; to be finished; to be ready (e.g. to serve or eat); to be very drunk; to get plastered
to jump over; to leap over; to fly over; to fly across; to jump ahead (of someone); to skip over
to be blurred (due to motion; of a photo, video, etc.); to be shaken (of a camera); to waver (in one's beliefs, policy, etc.); to shift (position); to be slightly off
to be itching to put one's skills to use
itchy; creepy; feeling uneasy
(weather) front; front line; the front; battlefront
projection; protrusion; rupture (e.g. of gas); jetting out; prominence; standing out
axis; shaft; center; centre; stalk; stem
to twine around; to twist around; to coil around; to pester; to hassle
development; growth; development (of a situation, story, etc.); advancement; playing around (sexually; esp. of a male homosexual); having an active sex life
to throw a punch at; to swing at; to strike out at; to raise a hand against