uninterested; unconcerned; plain; light; flowing gently
feeble joke; poor joke; corny joke; bad pun
roasting (e.g. of coffee)
to roast; to parch; to toast; to boil down
of inquiring mind; eager to study; enthusiastic in studying
something like that; sort of like that; similar to that; in that vein
emotional attachment; attitude (expressing emotion); meditative pose (e.g. an actor); posing for effect
kindergarten (in Japan, non-compulsory education from age 3 until primary school); preschool
chain (bicycle, measuring, tire, etc.); chain (store, hotel, etc.)
(being in) the red; deficit; red letter; red writing; corrections (by a teacher or proofreader) written in red
food; food products; foodstuffs
line; queue; procession; matrix
regarding as important; attaching importance to; taking a serious view of; putting emphasis on
to bluff; to act brave; to put on a bold front
to follow around; to shadow; to tag along; to haunt one (e.g. feeling, failure); to follow one
effect; efficacy; validity; potency
fraction; odd sum; odd money; small change; (arch.) low class female servant
to kick; to refuse; to reject; to stamp (on the ground); to firmly press one's feet (against something)
to be left without means of sustenance; to be turned adrift in the streets; to be rendered homeless; to be out in the cold; to be down and out
fixed date; appointed day
10th day of the month; ten days
to choose (something) at one's discretion; to use one's discretion in choosing
chief; leading; prominent; principal; main; important
beauty treatment; cosmetology; beauty salon; beauty-treatment clinic
intellectual; educated person; intelligentsia
manner (with others); attitude
small-sized; small-scale; miniature; small; little; tiny
stag seaweed (Codium fragile); green sea fingers; dead man's fingers; felty fingers; forked felt-alga; sponge seaweed
business; enterprise; venture; (social) project; undertaking; enterprise
band (e.g. conduction, valence); belt (e.g. Van-Allen, asteroid, etc.)
to persist in; to carry out; to have one's own way; to push through; to carry through
major stockholder; large shareholder
to take the lead; to lead a group; to be in the vanguard
freshly ground (coffee, pepper, etc.)
to inhale; to breathe in; to suck up; to swallow up (in a crowd, whirlpool, the darkness, etc.); to suck in
to become loose; to slacken (e.g. rope); to become less tense; to relax; to slacken (e.g. coldness, supervision); to become lax; to become softer (e.g. ground, facial expression)