regular customer; regular patron; regular visitor; constant companion
wicked tongue; sharp tongue; abusive language
-less; lacking; non-existing
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
to adjoin each other; to sit side by side
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
barbershop; barber shop; barber
to search about for; to hunt around for; to look high and low for; to look everywhere for
skilled; skillful; skilful; competent; capable; good
to be hard (to do); to be difficult; to require much effort; to be laborious; to be backbreaking; to have trouble (doing)
(school) athletic festival; sports day; field day
school inter-class ball-game competition
early in the morning; early-morning
inconsistency; discord; conflict; discrepancy; contradiction; failure
pointing out; identification
overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed
prevailing view; common opinion; general consideration
sample; example; specimen; display model (e.g. plastic food models used by restaurants)
to be lacking in options; to be too few
stinking; smelly; suspicious; fishy; hammy (acting); over-the-top; clumsy
change; alteration; substitute; spare; rate of exchange
washing; laundry; relaxation; rejuvenation; melting away (of worries, fatigue, etc.)
spray; sprayer; atomizer; sprinkles (confectionery); hundreds and thousands
pronoun; synonym; classic example; pattern
calling repeatedly (e.g. someone's name); shouting repeatedly; pronouncing successively (usu. repeating a syllable with voicing, as in "tsuzuku")
waiting time; latency; standby time (e.g. cellular phones); queueing time
before long; soon; almost; nearly; finally; in the end
gyudon; rice covered with sliced beef, usu. with fried onion
completely; entirely; wholly
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
height (e.g. of summer); peak (e.g. of cherry blossom season); prime (of one's life); (one's) best days; (being in) heat; rut
four times (as much); quadruple; fourfold
to overflow; to brim over; to flood
misfortune; bad luck; ill luck; ill fortune
more than anything; above all else
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error; to get wrong; to mistake (one thing for another); to confuse
cheers; bottoms-up; toast; drink (in honor or celebration of someone or something); drinking one's glass dry
dumbfounded; speechless; flabbergasted; struck dumb with astonishment
understanding completely; understanding all there is to know
to recite; to chant; to cry; to yell; to advocate; to advance
uninterested; unconcerned; plain; light; flowing gently