deep-frying food lightly coated in flour or potato starch; deep-fried food (esp. chicken)
favorite; favourite; pet (e.g. teacher's pet); bookmark (in a web browser)
one's house; one's home; one's family
fine food; high-quality food; gourmet; epicure; gastronome
takeout (food); take-out; takeaway; carry-out; to-go
seasoning; flavour; flavor
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
opening (one's mouth) wide; saying "aah"; crying loudly; wailing; bawling
to open one's mouth (to talk); to (start to) tell
smirkingly; broadly (grinning)
all day long; all the day; throughout the day
spare time; free time; time (it takes to do something); time required; time off; leave; dismissal
big; large; drastic; full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)
here and there; everywhere
to set about in earnest; to make a strenuous effort; to put one's back into (doing)
to strike back at; to bite back; to turn on; to rise against; to oppose; to defy
to burst into flames; to fire (of a gun); to fan a fire with one's breath; to breathe fire; to spit fire
indeterminate form; undefined; indefinite; unstructured
extraordinarily; astonishingly; extraordinary; outrageous; unconditioned dharma
strong; resolute; firm; strict
two days later; day after next; next day but one
maintenance; preservation; improvement
to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)
to ask for; to apply for; to make an application for; to file a request for; to submit (e.g. one's resignation)
noisily (running around); with heavy feet; in a fluster; in a flurry; slapstick
temporary; transitory; short-lived
cannot avoid doing; cannot help but (do); is compelled to do; (feel) obliged to (do); has to do
(common) use (of a language, currency, etc.); current use; to be accepted (e.g. of a way of thinking); to work (of an excuse, trick, etc.); going in and out; entrance and exit
application; request; petition
meeting (face-to-face); seeing; visit; interview
good story; heartwarming story; good prospect (e.g. marriage, business)
mental preparedness; being braced for; being steeled for
fixed idea; idée fixe; stereotype; prejudice
to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to
may I ask (for); might I ask (that)
with a bang; with a crash; with a bump; suddenly (fall); sharply
dress; one-piece (e.g. swimsuit)
to be turned up; to be lifted up (e.g. by the wind)
sizzling (of cooking meat, fish, etc.); frizzling
to make a living; to earn a livelihood