suitable; proper; appropriate; perfunctory; half-minded; sloppy
to stroll about; to saunter; to wander; to dangle; to swing
kapow; bang; bulging; filled to bursting; prostitute (catering to Occupation soldiers in Japan after WWII)
jam-packed; packed; packed like sardines
to waste time; to kill time
to dedicate; to make an offering; to supply; to store; to finish; to bring to a close; to restore (something to its place)
amount of money; sum of money
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
obvious; clear; plain; evident; apparent; explicit
toes; tips of the toes; toe of a shoe, sock, etc.
beneficial; profitable; useful; helpful; instructive
diligent; earnest; attentive to detail; brisk (working, moving); frequent (e.g. checking)
intelligence gathering; information gathering
to put up (a notice); to post
notice; bulletin; post; posting; placard
chef (esp. of high-end Japanese cuisine); cook; area of a kitchen that contains the chopping board
difference; disparity; gap
information; experience; observation; seeing and hearing
occupation; calling; livelihood
(not so) much; (not) very
when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...
to that extent; accordingly; that being the case; that state; that condition
export; exportation; efferent
decline; ebb; failure; decay; decrease; loss
decrease; reduction; decline
surging crowd; wave of humanity; stampede
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
-smell; stinking of; smacking of; hinting of
opposite side; other side; over there; that way; the other party; the other person
making frequent appearances; appearing often; appearing and disappearing
dead body; corpse; cadaver; carcass
if you think about it; come to think of it
armory; armoury; ordnance department
devastating; gut-wrenching; shocking; startling; sensational; astounding
annoyance (to); bane (of); constant worry (to)
dripping with sweat; doing something by the sweat of one's brow
imagination; supposition; guess
to go by; to cross; to pass by; to flash across
one (of a pair); incomplete; imperfect; few; little; off-centre