chic; smart; understanding; considerate; familiar with worldly pleasures (esp. sexual relations, geisha districts and red-light districts)
gorgeous; gaudy; dazzling; gay; resplendent
manners; etiquette; propriety; manner of production (esp. of prose, poetry, etc.); way of making
surprise; astonishment; wonder; amazement
nonchalant; unconcerned; in a casual manner
to be sensible; to be smart; to be tasteful; to be thoughtful; to be tactful; to be sensitive
soba in hot broth; soba without any trimmings
mouse; rat; dark gray; dark grey; slate (color, colour)
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to arrive at (a certain outcome); to come to; to end with
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to hug; to have (a thought or feeling); to hold; to harbour (suspicion, doubt, etc.)
to jump in; to leap in; to plunge into; to burst in; to barge in
even though; despite; when
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)
(being in) the red; deficit; red letter; red writing; corrections (by a teacher or proofreader) written in red
I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)
answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result
such; like that; that sort of; very
gotcha; alrighty; got it; OK
to climb over; to get over; to surmount; to overcome; to surpass; to overtake
anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly
meddling; meddlesomeness; nosiness; meddler; buttinsky; busybody
sampling food; tasting; trying
to bring; to take (something) along; to fetch; to get
easily; readily; quickly; lightly (seasoned food, applied make-up, etc.); plainly; simply
profound; deep; deep (of a cave, etc.); innermost; interior
to be elegant; to be graceful; to be refined
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
seasoning; flavoring; flavouring; condiment
to excel; to surpass; to exceed; to outweigh; to preponderate
(one's) older sister; (one's) elder sister; girl
beyond that point; after that
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
not necessarily so; is not always true
after having come this far; now that we've come this far
(following a verb) to be sure to; to do (something) so that ...; to make sure to; to try to
even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...
endless; boundless; innumerable; endless; never-ending; going on forever
to close (one's eyes); to shut
inside a car (train, bus, etc.)