nine times; twisting around many times
to draw around (e.g. a curtain); to drag around; to take (someone) around; to parade around; to order about; to lead
it's OK to ...; it's best to ...; it's alright to ...
human sensor; motion detector
automatic; intransitive verb
to be affected; to put on airs; to act like (something one isn't); to pretend to be
Western food; Western dish; Western cooking; Japanized Western cuisine
suited figure; person in a suit
(pork) cutlet curry; tonkatsu curry
flounder (esp. the large-tooth flounders of family Paralichthyidae, but also lefteye flounders of family Bothidae); bastard halibut; olive flounder (Paralichthys olivaceus); person who sucks up to superiors; toady
cabbage (Brassica oleracea)
finely cut strips (of vegetables); shredded vegetables
to bolt down (food); to gulp down; to carry under the arm; to rake in; to rake towards one
(afternoon) nap; sleeping during the day; siesta
to need; to demand; to take; to require
shortening; contraction; reduction; curtailment; abbreviation
muscular pain; myalgia; aching muscles; sore muscles
heavy labor; heavy labour; hard work; hard labor (in prison); hard labour
unchanged (from long ago); as it was in the past; same old; traditional
compensation; amends; redeeming feature
to make out; to neck; to canoodle; to fondle each other; to flirt (with)
public (facilities, service, etc.); communal
to behave well; to mind one's manners
bento; Japanese box lunch
6th day of the month; six days
latch; clasp; catch; check; fastener
hard-to-use space (in an apartment, etc.); dead space (artillery, etc.); (respiratory) dead space
defect; fault; flaw; deformity; deficiency; shortage
to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
fort; fortress; stronghold; fortification
magician; wizard; sorcerer; witch; mage
lonely (place); remote; in the middle of nowhere
playing by oneself; playing alone; entertaining oneself; game played by oneself (e.g. solitaire)
daydream; fantasy; fancy; vision
synchronization; synchronized swimming
rain cover; tarpaulin; awning; taking shelter from rain
7th day of the month; seven days
end of consecutive holidays
argument; discussion; theory (e.g. of evolution); doctrine; essay; treatise
to be plump; to be chubby