salary; pay; medical care; treatment; advance preparation
shortish; rather short; somewhat short
to cut and even up; to cut several pieces to the same size
one eye; one of one's eyes
gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; irritating; troublesome; heavy (weather); cloudy
to stagger; to stumble; to totter; to misconduct oneself; to have a love affair; to waver
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
tip of nose; before one's eyes; under one's nose; tip (of something)
top of the shoulders; tip of the shoulder; collar
this is not the time (for that); that's out of the question right now
good-for-nothing; spineless; gutless; spiritless; feckless; pluckless
close to the wall; alongside the wall
to rummage through; to ransack (e.g. a drawer); to throw into confusion; to disrupt; to upset
selling on the market (in the marketplace, in stores, etc.); making something commercially available; commercial (e.g. software); over-the-counter; off-the-shelf
remedy for a cold; cold medicine
grip; having all the cards needed to form a scoring combination in one's hand
water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
putting on a brave face; put-on cheeriness; pretending one is fine; show of courage; bravado; Dutch courage
to behave; to conduct oneself; to entertain; to treat someone (to a drink); to make tea for someone (tea ceremony)
thin rice porridge; watery cooked rice; rice gruel; congee
eat-in kitchen; combination kitchen-dining room
umeboshi; pickled dried ume; pickled dried plum
thin rice porridge; watery cooked rice; rice gruel; breakfast (in Zen temples)
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
(husked grains of) rice; staple (product, etc.); necessity
rice bowl; tea cup; teacup
ignition; lighting; firing; setting off
to plant; to transplant; to instil (idea, feeling, etc.)
to go against; to oppose; to disobey; to defy
if one is unlucky; if one is careless; if things don't go well
graduation; completion (of a course); moving on (from); outgrowing (something); leaving (a group, company, etc.)
profit; gains; benefit; advantage; grace (of God, Buddha, etc.) (esp. as attained through rightful actions, prayer, adherence to one's faith, etc.); blessing
to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to let live; to keep alive; to revive; to resuscitate
not factored in; not included in calculations; unaccounted for; unplanned for
stifled (laughter); simmering