painful but pleasant (of a massage, stretching, etc.)
to eat; to become eclipsed (of an astronomical object)
elegant; charming; refined; enchanting; tasteful
flavour; flavor; taste; charm; appeal; interest
euro (currency); Euro-; European
source of revenue; financial supporter
admission; incorporation; enlistment; enrollment
to make a display of one's originality (eccentricity); to deliberately act oddly (e.g. to get attention)
to break the rules; to violate the rules; to infringe the rules
wandering; roaming; drifting
habit (usu. a bad one); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
to be fragrant; to smell (good); to stink; to smell (bad); to glow; to be bright
people; (all) persons; everyone; (arch.) you (usu. plural)
to undergo great hardships; to waste away from great effort and worry
if anything; conversely; putting it the other way around; coming at it from the opposite angle
to present; to offer; to show; to display; to assume (e.g. a shape)
unfeeling; heartless; cold-hearted; cruel
parallel lines; remaining far apart (e.g. in discussions); not reaching an agreement; views that never cross
freezing (e.g. water); freezing (prices, wages, assets, etc.); moratorium; suspension (e.g. investment)
rising to action; standing up against; jumping to one's feet
and so on; and so forth; et cetera; comment; criticism
tax reduction; tax avoidance; tax planning
side job; sideline; subsidiary business
one-man business; sole proprietor; sole proprietorship; individual owner-manager
expenses; expenditure; outgoings; outlays; costs
labour shortage; labor shortage; shortage of workers; shortage of hands
sukiyaki; thin slices of beef, cooked with various vegetables in a table-top cast-iron pan
(military) expedition; campaign; expedition (for exploration, research, etc.); travelling (a long way); tour (by a sports team, performer, etc.)
to cheat (in a romantic relationship); to play it both ways; to sit on the fence; to two-time
to break a promise; to go back on one's word; to renege
toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything
lifting a ban; raising an embargo; opening a season (hunting, fishing, etc.); publishing contents; revealing information