cold Chinese noodles served with a dipping sauce separately
pavement café; sidewalk café; open-air café
to delight; to please; to make (someone) happy; to give pleasure (to)
sultry; sweltering; stuffy; uncomfortably hot-looking (clothing, etc.); stuffy-looking
to chip off; to scrape off; to prune
the good fortune to have been born male
no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
person around thirty years old (esp. a woman)
begging; pestering; pleading; coaxing
healing-type; comforting; calming; therapeutic; soothing; relaxing
provocative; incendiary; inflammatory; suggestive; lascivious; risqué
rash; thoughtless; imprudent; careless; frivolous
priority; order of precedence
Japanese clothing; being dressed in a kimono; Japanese-style bookbinding
(spaghetti alla) carbonara
stir-fry; stir-fried food
at a loss for what to do; at one's wits' end; having no choice
sharing with others what has been given to you; sharing a portion of the profit with others
to be jealous of; to envy; to begrudge
disillusionment; disillusion; disenchantment
buying and eating sweets (esp. of children); between-meal snacking
cohabitation (esp. of an unmarried couple); living together
halving; splitting evenly; sharing equally
living by oneself; living alone
having a romantic interest; having a chance (of being hired, etc.); (lit.) having a pulse
severance payment; retirement money (usu. lump-sum); redundancy payment
to detain; to check; to restrain; to stop
putting on the pressure; pushing forward; being pressed; being under pressure
what is called; as it is called; the so-called; known as; so to speak
deadly serious; deadly earnest
unable to read the situation; unable to pick up on the mood (e.g. of a conversation); unable to read the room
unexpected (but welcome) visitor; rare guest
brow; forehead; prominent forehead; beetle brow; not catching anything
playful; mischievous; joker; prankster; scamp
to wind (of a road, river, etc.); to meander; to twist; to undulate; to surge; to swell
returned goods; returning purchased goods
prior investment; upfront investment