shoe sore; foot blister (caused by shoes)
overprotective; excessive care; overprotection; overprotectiveness
to keep step (with); to keep pace (with); to move in lockstep; to align (with another's thoughts or actions); to get on the same page
lived-in feel (e.g. of a room); sense of life; hints of daily life
poor crop; bad harvest; crop failure; low quality (e.g. of literary works)
close (relationship, connection, etc.); intimate; near; being in close proximity; being adjacent
relatively cheap; relatively inexpensive; on the cheap side; lowish (price)
assortment; product lineup
economical; economy size; family size (esp. of packaged food)
thinly-sliced pork; chopped pork
completely using up ...; running out of ...; exhausting ...
autumn eggplant; eggplant picked in the autumn
mabo nasu; fried eggplant with minced meat and chili sauce
scoring two waza-ari (and winning the match); combination of techniques; mixed methods
tonkotsu ramen; pork bone broth ramen
bamboo shoots boiled, sliced, fermented, dried or preserved in salt, then soaked in hot water and sea salt
homa; Buddhist rite of burning wooden sticks to ask a deity for blessings
pork bone soup; pork broth
to season (e.g. with salt); to flavour; to flavor; to lace (e.g. with whisky)
eggplant (Solanum melongena); aubergine
children do not know how dear they are to their parents (and therefore act selfishly)
thinnish; somewhat thin; weakish; on the weak side; rather light; rather pale
now that; since; as long as; provided that
flat; superficial; surface-level; one-dimensional
after all; in the end; when all's said and done; for the time being; at present
dependability; credibility; coefficient of confidence
turning round; going around; turning about; surrounding; encircling
trial product; prototype model
keep it up!; way to go!; you've got it!; that's it; attaboy!; attagirl!
to address (someone) without using a suffix such as "-san" or "-chan"; to refer to (someone) without a title suffix
to do ... incessantly; to do ... hard; (arch.) to happen repeatedly; (arch.) to happen over and over again
first rider in a charge; first (person) to arrive
awkward; embarrassed; embarrassing; inconvenient; inopportune; untimely
attack on both sides; pincer movement; double envelopment
to consider; to eye the possibility (of); to bring into view