stingily; tightfistedly; in a miserly manner; naggingly
knob; handle; snack (to have with a drink); side dish; a pinch (e.g. of salt); (file) handle
cotton plant (Gossypium spp.); batting; wadding; padding
proportions (esp. body proportions); proportionate width; ratio
thank you for waiting; sorry to have kept you waiting
scabbard; sheath; cap (on pen, brush, etc.); case; margin (between two prices); spread
pea (Pisum sativum); green pea
daggertooth pike conger (Muraenesox cinereus); (in Northern Japan) conger eel; garden eel
thread-sail filefish (Stephanolepis cirrhifer); skinning (an animal); stripping (a tree of its bark); barking
sashimi (raw sliced fish, shellfish or crustaceans)
liver; innards; courage; spirit; crux; essential point
flying fish (esp. the Japanese flying fish, Cypselurus agoo)
ignorance; innocence; stupidity
to act like a know-it-all; to pretend you know everything; to fancy one is an authority
to get between; to be caught in
deep-frying without breading or batter; food deep-fried without breading or batter
trend; tendency; movement; attitude
unevenness (of colour, paint, etc.); irregularity; unevenness (of quality, results, behaviour, etc.); inconsistency; fickleness; capriciousness
to run over (with a vehicle); to knock down
rising rapidly (e.g. prices, popularity); soaring; skyrocketing; going through the roof
declining; refusal; nonacceptance; turning down; withdrawal (e.g. of candidacy); pulling out (e.g. of a race)
twice; again; second time
speculation; venture; stockjobbing; gambling (on stocks)
criterion; standard; yardstick; rough estimate; approximation
present condition; existing state; status quo; current state
exaggeration; overstatement; saying too much; misstatement; slip of the tongue; gaffe
oar; all; (pulling an) all-nighter; staying up all night long
one jump; one flight; (at) once; (in) one stroke
give up; relinquish; serve up; let loose
to be added to; to be appended; to join in (e.g. a group of friends); to participate; to increase (e.g. heat); to gain in (e.g. influence)
colored thing (clothing, fabric, paper, etc.) (coloured); variety shows
to sink; to go under; to go down (e.g. sun); to set; to feel depressed; to become subdued
unnatural; affected; studied; forced
citizen; resident; person; user (of a website, esp. as a collective, e.g. Twittersphere)
editor (in publishing, etc.)
unripe; green; inexperienced; immature; unskilled
on the surface; ostensibly; superficially; apparently