standard; set; routine; decided
interior design; interior; upholstery
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration
to become angry or sullen; to take offense; to be miffed; to come unstuck from; to peel off; to come off
scenery; scene; landscape
to grumble; to gripe; to complain
patting; stroking; caressing
centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government
each (person); everyone; individual; respective
one thin flat object; one sheet
(swimming) pool; pool (billiards); pool (together)
to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out
in regard to; concerning (usu. of disputes)
to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)
congestion (e.g. traffic); delay; stagnation
comfortable; easy; calm; loose; spacious
flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event
quite clearly; quite distinctly; perfectly; exactly
to weigh on one's mind; to bother one; to be interested (in); to be curious (about); to feel like (doing); to feel inclined to
patient; having a long fuse
function; facility; faculty; feature
abandonment; renunciation; resignation; abdication (responsibility, right)
rate; ratio; profit; assignment; 10%; unit of ten percent; match
to dish up; to arrange food (on a plate)
to lean (to one side); to incline; to be unbalanced (e.g. diet); to be unduly weighted towards; to be partial; to be biased
coloring; colouring; color scheme; colour scheme; (touch of) colour; embellishment
one color; one colour; one article; same tendency; everyone being caught up in the same thing
peculiarity; uniqueness; characteristic
sweetness; sugary taste; sweets; dessert; charm; appeal
roughly; approximately; round about; cursorily; briefly; quickly
to nod; to bow one's head in assent; to agree
suddenly; casually; accidentally; incidentally; unexpectedly; unintentionally
(eating) heartily; energetically; vigorously; bulging (muscles); welling up (of strength, courage, etc.)
food covered in a thick starchy sauce (usu. made of kudzu or katakuriko flour)
yakisoba; fried noodles, usu. with vegetables and meat
money-saving feeling; bargain feeling
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
admiration; being impressed; admirable; praiseworthy; astonishment; being appalled
how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how