cheap lodging (especially in a skid row area or slum); flophouse
homework; assignment; pending issue; unresolved problem; open question
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
to regard (as); to consider (to be); to deem; to look upon (as); to think of (as)
alternately; by turns; in turn; one after the other
heathen; heretic; pagan; nonconformist; freethinker; iconoclast
setting on fire; setting afire
killing a would-be avenger; having the tables turned on someone (e.g. by a challenger); being beaten at one's own game
to come down in the world; to fall low; to be ruined; to be reduced to poverty; to fall on hard times
dietary fiber; dietary fibre
comprehension; understanding; enlightenment; spiritual awakening; satori
something; something or other; something something
adult; mature; grown-up; sexy; erotic
to slip out; to sneak away; to break into the lead; to get ahead; to begin to fall out (e.g. hair); to break out (of a loop)
without trouble; easily; readily
to digest; to break down; to break to pieces; to be able to use; to be good at; to finish; to complete
putting money aside; savings; deposit (e.g. in a bank); accumulated surplus of wins; wins in the bank
to leave (someone) alone; to leave to oneself; to leave (someone) be
favourite dish (favorite); favourite food
easily mixed up (e.g. similar words); easily mistaken; confusing; misleading; equivocal; ambiguous
being beyond recovery; having no hope of recovery
Hamburg steak; hamburger steak
takoyaki; octopus dumplings
child one is expecting; child in one's womb
takoyaki party; taco party
wasabi (Wasabia japonica); Japanese horseradish; horseradish (or any blend of wasabi and horseradish)
fresh (e.g. fish); lively; spirited; animated
homely woman (esp. one with a small low nose, high flat forehead, and bulging cheeks); plain woman; humorous mask of a homely woman's face
charge; duty; person in charge; official; clerk
to use tact; to exercise discretion; to be tactful; to be thoughtful; to have the sense (to do); to take a hint
to demand gratitude; to do something for someone in order to create an obligation of gratitude from that person
pick; plectrum; ice pick; pickaxe; pick (of an ice axe); pick (tool for picking a lock)
roasting; grilling; toasting; tempering (in metallurgy)