lunch; midday meal; food served at a tea party (tea ceremony)
to lay in stock; to replenish stock; to procure; to learn; to find out; to take in
choice; selection; pickup (phonograph); stylus bar; pickup truck; pickup
light; well-lit; bright (of a colour); brightly-coloured; cheerful; bright; encouraging (for the future of a project, etc.)
suitable time; good time; propriety; moderation
(personal) background check
background (of a case, incident, etc.)
family structure; family composition; family makeup
merchant; store; shop; merchant house; merchant family
commerce; trade; business
to follow (road); to pursue (course); to follow up; to follow (hyperlink)
committee; commission; board; panel; committee meeting
able; capable; competent; talented; efficient
How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
participation; taking part in; participating in; being concerned in
evading blame for a transgression by pinning it on a subordinate and abandoning them; (lit.) a skink lizard's shedding of its tail
following; pursuing; tracking; shadowing; tailing; chasing
muzzling (a person); preventing (a person) from revealing something; silencing (a person); murdering (a person) to prevent them from revealing something
throw; throwing; throwing event
remains; dregs; vestiges; remnant; residue
generally; mainly; nearly all; almost all; gist; summary; staying within bounds
pistol; handgun; revolver
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
to creep; to steal up; to draw near unnoticed
to pin down; to hold down; to cover (esp. a part of one's body with one's hand); to clutch (a body part in pain); to get a hold of; to obtain
laugh; laughter; smile; sneer; sex aids (e.g. dildos, pornographic books, erotic woodblock prints, etc.)
to bear; to stand; to restrain; to control; to forgive; to put up with
the most; the best; peerless; the greatest; first-rate
you have only to; all you have to (do); all that's required; as long as; if only
to be pretentious; to put on airs; to show off
to swell (out); to expand; to be inflated; to get cross; to get sulky; to pout
(one's) inner voice; voice of one's heart; what one really thinks