restaurant (esp. Western-style)
splish-splash; with a splash
to reserve (for exclusive use); to charter; to book; to lend out completely; to lend out all of (something)
manners; etiquette; polite behaviour
lodging; inn; house; home; home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.)
staying for two or more nights in a row (e.g. at a hotel)
splish-splash; with a splash
devastating; gut-wrenching; shocking; startling; sensational; astounding
your husband; her husband
staunch; hardcore; dyed-in-the-wool; metal reinforcement
to train; to teach; to acquire (information); to learn; to stock; to stock up on
3 o'clock; afternoon snack (eaten around 3 o'clock); three ages of Buddhism (following the death of Gautama Buddha; age of the true law, age of the copied law, and age of the degeneration of the law); three ages of the dharma
(coming to a) sudden stop
to be boiled; to be cooked
pan; pot; saucepan; stew; hot pot
kitchen knife; (arch.) cooking; (arch.) food
kind; gentle; considerate; generous; friendly; nice
manly; masculine; like a man
decoration; ornament; trimmings
way; method; means; resource; course
investigation; inspection; examination; tune; note; melody
literature; books (reference); document
to gain knowledge; to be illuminated; enlightening; informative; illuminating
to shut in; to confine (in); to seal in; to contain; to suppress; to restrain
oversight; omission; something overlooked; thing left unnoticed
period; time; opportunity; chance; age; term (e.g. in office); session (e.g. of parliament)
defect; deficiency; imperfection; Yours in haste
discovery; detection; finding
to be conceivable that; to be thinkable that
preliminary investigation; preliminary inquiry; preparation (for a class); going over one's lessons (in advance); studying ahead
method of bringing up; method of raising
policy; course; plan (of action); magnetic needle
modulation (of voice); variation; variety; liveliness (e.g. of writing style)
free (of restraint, controls, etc.); free (of charge); freelance; independent; freelancer; one-size-fits-all; free skating
play; playing; pleasure; amusement; play (in a mechanism, e.g. a steering wheel); slack
ability; competency; talent; skill; capacity
qualitative difference; disparity; gap
character (of a person); personality; disposition; characteristics; nature (of a thing, event, etc.)