foreigner (esp. a Westerner); gaijin; (arch.) outsider
black and white; monochrome; good and evil; right and wrong; guilt and innocence
criminal condemned to death; convict on death row
how long; how far; how much
record; document; minutes; record (e.g. in sports); setting (a record); recording (a record high, etc.)
(reciprocal) communication; (coming to a) mutual understanding
profile; face in profile; face seen from the side; (personal) profile; (biographical) sketch; outline (of someone's life)
to feel down; to feel sad; to be in a slump (business, economy, etc.); to be in an unfavourable condition; to fall into (e.g. a hole)
called; known as; that; to say
with a feeling of relief; with a sigh of relief; deeply (sigh)
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
disliking; hating; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
order (for an item); request; demand; condition
to choose; to select; to pick (out)
cloth; fabric; dough; batter; inherent quality; one's true character; unglazed pottery
to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake
make-up; makeup; making food (in a delivery-only restaurant); cooking
personnel expenses; labor cost; labour cost; indirect labour costs; indirect labor costs
cut; reduction; curtailment
to be free; to be available
roasting; grilling; toasting; tempering (in metallurgy)
knack; skill; bone; skeleton; cremated remains (esp. the bones); ashes
to be needed; to be necessary; to be required; to be wanted; to need; to want
pattern; behavioural pattern; behavioral pattern; predictability
even; (if) only; just; besides; on top of that
easy victory; walkover; easy peasy; child's play; cakewalk
to be baked (food); to be printed (photos); to be fired (pottery)
oozily; seeping out; very damply; humidly
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
to put (into); to put away (in); to include (in an anthology, catalogue, etc.); to contain; to achieve (results, success, etc.); to obtain; to accept (a gift or money)
side dish; side menu; sidebar menu
to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on
to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate
contest; competition; struggle; scramble
me, me, me; egotistic; ego-driven
in an instant; in a flash; in the blink of an eye; in no time at all; just like that