union; combination; conjugation (of gametes); sexual intercourse; copulation
wheat gluten (usu. steamed or baked)
person who is ...; thing that is ...
rough; careless; slovenly; slipshod; rude; impolite
provoking; rather annoying; (speaking ironically) darling
experiment; experimentation
to pop off; to pop out; to fly off; to shoot off; to burst open
to do with enthusiasm; to be excited to do; to throw oneself into
all sorts of things; (anything and) everything; by all means; at any cost
wisdom; wit; sagacity; prajna (insight leading to enlightenment)
irregular employment; non-fulltime employment; non-regular; irregular; subnormal (number); denormal
with an interesting history (story); with a shady history; with circumstances that are difficult to explain
attractive; good-looking; stylish; cool; smooth; neat
downheartedly; dejectedly; dispiritedly; despondently
threshold (amount, dose, etc.)
person inside a cartoon body suit; voice actor (of a particular character); insider; person on the inside
carrying (on one's shoulder); bearing; shouldering; bucket carried on either end of a pole
to be doing; to be in the process of doing
(afternoon) nap; sleeping during the day; siesta
sweetness; sugary taste; sweets; dessert; charm; appeal
Japanese chestnut (Castanea crenata)
simmered with; cooked with; boiling; boiled dish
to roast; to parch; to toast; to boil down
tough schedule; heavy schedule; hectic schedule; tight schedule
to be extremely sleepy; to be at the brink of falling asleep
accelerated; accelerating; gathering speed; exponentially increasing
nodding off (while sitting); dozing
family restaurant (i.e. a restaurant with varied and inexpensive menu options); casual dining restaurant
pressure; urgency; tension; imminence; acuteness
to check; to hold back; to keep at bay; to stop; to prevent; to stem
successively; one after another
fresh troops; fresh players; newcomer; new employee; new method; new way
individual; one by one; separate; each
soon; before long; in the near future
pointing up; pointing upward; upturn; uptrend; upward tendency
to be branded a ...; to be labelled a ...
(approximate) age; years; elderly; old; older (than); senior
coworker; co-worker; colleague; associate