to get hungry; to become hungry
farce; charade; person who serves tea; short and humorous improvised sketch (originating from Edo-era kabuki)
handmade; handcrafted; homemade; homegrown
bento; Japanese box lunch
meaningful; suggestive; telling; significant; knowing; pregnant (pause)
to await; to wait for; to expect
crowded; packed; crammed; cramped; filled; overflowing
to cover a surface; to spread all over; to blanket; to lay
deep-frying food lightly coated in flour or potato starch; deep-fried food (esp. chicken)
rolled egg; rolled omelette (omelet); fried egg; frying pan for making rolled eggs
Vienna sausage; wiener; Vienna coffee; Viennese
Hamburg steak; hamburger steak
standard item; usual thing; (a) classic; basic item (with stable demand); staple goods
menu; schedule; program; menu
narrator; storyteller; reciter
the whole day; all the day
to be hot on a person's heels
making doubly sure; points scored for good measure; insurance run (in baseball)
self-centeredness; selfishness; egotism; egocentricity
to become (a state, condition, etc.)
to rise gradually; to rise slowly; to come up from below the stage (by being lifted up on the stage elevator)
making; producing; appearance (attire, make-up, etc.); build; physique; sashimi
taking on (a challenge); attempt; try; requesting a video review (of a referee's call)
laboratory testing bench; laboratory table; subject of an experiment; (human) guinea pig
respiratory tract; air duct
to twine around; to twist around; to coil around; to pester; to hassle
to breathe out; to exhale
one night; one evening; all night; overnight
cause; seed; variety; kind; counter for varieties
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
gift; boon; godsend; (good) result; fruit (e.g. of one's efforts)
to pinch; to hold (between one's fingers); to pick up and eat; to snack on; to pick out (the main point); to summarize
to bring (something); to take along; to fetch; to get
trifling; trivial; slight
sanity; consciousness; soberness
to carry; to transport; to come; to go; to use (a brush, chopsticks, etc.); to move
good-value; economical; advantageous (price, deal, etc.); useful; helpful
just made; fresh (e.g. from the oven); newly built (e.g. house); brand-new