serial; cereal; breakfast cereal
coloring; colouring; color scheme; colour scheme; (touch of) colour; embellishment
dressing; dressing; putting on clothes
paste (food, adhesive, etc.); paste
hot taste; sharp taste; pungent taste; salty taste
to gnaw; to nibble; to bite; to dabble in; to know a little bit about; to learn a little of
to look displeased; to frown; to scowl; to look grave; to look serious
breach of manners; breach of etiquette; faux pas
to empty; to vacate; to evacuate
alteration; falsification; faking
last week; the week before
to follow (a rule, precedent, etc.); to conform to (the law, standards, etc.); to be proportionate to; to correspond to; to be equivalent to
to feel chilly; to be afraid; to be frightened; to be nervous
to be careful; to be discreet; to do in moderation; to refrain (from overdoing); to be reverent; to be purified
half; biracial person (esp. half-Japanese); person of mixed parentage; half (of a game); halfback; 9-hole half (of a round)
ordinary person; average person; man in the street; everyman; (a) nobody
to steal; to rob; to deceive; to trick; to graze (in passing); to skim; to appear and quickly disappear (a thought, a smile, etc.)
to go around; to make a circle around; to surround; to circle; to come around (of a season, anniversary, turn, etc.); to return
current; hip; trendy; fashionable; stylish
to not match well (e.g. at the seams); to not mesh properly (of gears); to differ (e.g. of opinions); to clash; to be in conflict (e.g. with the facts)
to slip through (a crowd); to weave through (e.g. traffic); to pass through; to get around; to elude (e.g. the law); to evade
two people alike; two of a kind; kissing cousins; two people cut from the same cloth
good health; stopping misfortune; preventing disaster
whispering into a person's ear
sidelong glance; short grain (paper); kanji "net" radical at top
relief; aid; help; (religious) salvation; (Christian) grace
efforts; exertion; endeavour; assistance; services
miasma ("bad air" formerly believed to cause disease)
teppanyaki; dishes prepared on a hot steel plate (usu. placed in the middle of the table)
stew prepared from ingredients contributed by members of a party, and eaten in the dark for fun
start of work; commencement; opening
to go out of use; to become obsolete; to die out; to be hurt (of honour, reputation, etc.); to be harmed; to be sullied
creeping (of an insect, etc.); crawling; restlessly; fidgeting; hesitantly; slowly
cast-off skin (snake, insect, etc.); husk; empty shell; exuvia; exuviae
leftovers (esp. food); remnants
grasping; gripping; handful; fistful; handle; grip; onigiri
personality; individuality; TV personality; celebrity
resemblance; similarity; likeness; analogy