to do together; to share; to participate in
fundraising; financing; cash flow
plump; rotund; chubby; entirely; completely; wholly
snatching; stealing; seizure; usurpation
under (influence, control, conditions, etc. of); during (war, occupation, etc.)
poor (living); barely continuing; just scraping along; very narrow
to ration out and survive on (some food); to eke out a living
winners (those who have succeeded socially, economically, etc.)
postponement; deferment; adjournment
gathering spot; haunt; rendezvous; meeting place; hang-out
indefinite postponement; putting on hold
nimono; food cooked by boiling or stewing
in all; in total; collectively; in addition; besides; at the same time
straight (from one place to another); going right onto; on the way; simultaneously; incidentally; directly
zabuton; flat floor cushion used when sitting or kneeling; usu. rectangular
upper arm; (arch.) lower arm
selfish; self-centred; egotistical
incomplete; unfinished; imperfect
online shopping; e-commerce; mail order
consumer (of a product, service, etc.); customer; (end) user; consumer (in a food chain)
complaint; troubles; objection; grievance
to persuade; to prevail upon; to win a woman's heart; to win over; to talk someone into doing
intelligence quotient; IQ
shock therapy; shock treatment
approximate (number); rough (calculation); sloppy; lackadaisical; crude
utterly (unknown; esp. of someone's whereabouts); completely; (no information) whatsoever; at all
one by one; in detail; minutely
betrayer; traitor; turncoat; informer
gently; mildly; leniently; don't be too hard on me (us, them); go easy on me
hesitation; wavering; faltering; balking; recoil; flinching
unanimity; unanimous consent; unanimous agreement
just this side of; one step short of; on the brink
string; cord; leash; man who is financially dependent on a woman; gigolo; restrictions; conditions
for some reason or other; somehow or other; by some chance
curiously enough; oddly enough; to the point of being mysterious; to the extent of being strange
sudden turn; sudden change; (suddenly occurring) accident; emergency
disappearance; vanishing; loss; dying away; wearing off
main point; gist; essentials; bones (e.g. of an idea); pith
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that
cause and effect; causality; karma; fate; unfortunate; unlucky
thin; skinny; delicate; fragile; feeble