Worcester sauce; Worcestershire sauce
cold tofu (served with condiments)
eternity; permanence; perpetuity; Eikyū era (1113.7.13-1118.4.3)
reference; example; inquiry (about a product, business deal, etc.); enquiry; being summoned to appear to court; witness
spurious article; forgery; counterfeit; imitation; sham
convenient; favorable; favourable; expedient; expedience
traditional ordering of the Japanese syllabary; fundamentals; the ABCs of ...
a little tight; a little snug; a little strong; a little harsh
the Horse (seventh sign of the Chinese zodiac); hour of the Horse (around noon, 11am-1pm, or 12 noon-2pm); south; fifth month of the lunar calendar
city; Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly
hustle and bustle; throng; crowd; congestion; traffic jam
to moisten; to wet; to profit; to enrich; to benefit
non-combustible waste; non-burnable rubbish
imitation (of someone, something); impersonation; (vocal) mimicry
cloud ear mushroom (Auricularia auricula-judae); wood ear mushroom; Jew's ear mushroom
inattention; absent-mindedness
charm; incantation; spell; code that is not (yet) necessary to understand; required boilerplate code
reasonable (person); obedient (e.g. child); doing what one is told
in the confusion of the moment; taking advantage of the confused state of affairs
to roughen (e.g. one's attitude); to raise (one's voice)
expression of love; showing love
looking slender in clothing
to act as an intermediary; to step in; to come between; to intervene; to interject
to keep someone from doing; to stop; to prevent; to check; to hinder; to obstruct
to be delighted; to be glad; to congratulate; to welcome (a proposal, advice, etc.); to take kindly to; to do with pleasure
to intrude; to butt in; to meddle; to be forward; to be self-assertive; to show off
getting carried away; going too far; overdoing
to think hard; to brood over; to worry too much (about); to torment oneself (with the thought of)
thickheaded; insensitive; dull; thick-skinned
to carry off; to run away with; to sweep away; to take entirely for oneself; to monopolize
whether one likes it or not; whether willing or not; willy-nilly
age difference; disparity in age; age gap
to joke around; to do and say ridiculous things
interruption (e.g. of a conversation)
to be unable to stand; to be weak in the knees; to be paralyzed (e.g. with fear) (paralysed); to be dumbfounded
blind alley; cul-de-sac; dead end street; deadlock; impasse; dead end
to herd; to drive; to corner; to force someone into doing; to go hard; to push yourself
worst; horrible; horrid; in the worst case; if worst comes to worst
frame (physical structure); framework; framework (of a plan, system, etc.); structure; outline
slightly difficult; somewhat bothersome; troublesome; peevish; querulous
in plain words; in plain terms; put simply
to play a dirty trick; to use underhanded methods; to hit below the belt; to play foul
dark-natured; gloomy; dour; moody; insular; glum
dirt under one's fingernails; shred (of decency, etc.); scrap; bit