to put on weight; to gain weight; to grow fat; to get stout
impatience; irritation; frustration; fretfulness
to become haggard; to become gaunt; to become emaciated; to become worn out (from illness, worry, etc.)
far from; anything but; not at all ... but rather ...; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
gloss; luster; mellowness (of a voice); youthfulness (e.g. of skin); interest; appeal
to profit; to benefit (from); to benefit (someone or something); to be beneficial to; to make good use of; to take advantage of
(being moved) deeply; (feeling) profoundly; (going) straight to one's heart; going numb; stinging (pain)
mom; mommy; mum; female proprietress (of a bar, etc.)
Japanese food; Japanese dish; Japanese cuisine
only; merely; nothing but; no more than
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)
fashionable; stylish; chic
young person; youngster; young people; (the) youth
Western food; Western dish; Western cooking; Japanized Western cuisine
to starve; to be famished; to be hungry; to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt; sentence-ending particle expressing a rhetorical question
10th day of the month; ten days
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
kneeling down on the ground; prostrate oneself
to divide; to separate; to partition; to punctuate; to mark off (with a comma); to insert pauses (between words or phrases when reading aloud)
to incur the wrath of the gods (e.g. by doing something immoral); to incur divine punishment; to pay for one's sins
(incredibly) cruel; atrocious; brutal; horrible; terrible; horrific
indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
to shine; to sparkle; to twinkle; to light up (with happiness, hope, etc.); to beam; to gleam
talking in one's sleep; somniloquy; nonsense; gibberish
then; and (then); in that case; if so
generally; mainly; nearly all; almost all; gist; summary; staying within bounds
party (political); person who is fond of; fan of
flavor; flavour; charm; appeal; experience; taste (e.g. of victory)
to be obsessive (about); to be overly concerned (with); to be particular (about); to pay special attention (to); to get stuck; to be obstructed
one color; one kind; one tendency; being the sole mood, sentiment, focus of attention, etc.
occasionally; once in a while; now and then
frizz; short tufts springing up from hair surface here and there; kink; idiot hair
to treat as a joke; to do jokingly
in good condition; in fine shape; glib; slick; harmonious; melodious
deep place; depths; depth; profundity
to fill (with); to be filled with; to express (an emotion); to project (sadness, joy, etc.); to wear (e.g. a smile)
straight (ahead); direct; upright; straightforward; honest; frank
towards (a destination); for the purpose of; with the goal of; targeting (a group, a demographic)
is that so?; I see; right; oh
in one go; in one gulp; in one breath; suddenly; all of a sudden; all at once
to soften; to calm down; to be eased; to be mitigated; to subside; to abate
to become brilliant; to become cheerful
all; completely; totally; entirely; thoroughly