tourist attraction; sight-seeing area
coworker; co-worker; colleague; associate
(husked grains of) rice; staple (product, etc.); necessity; (online) comment
tempura; deep-fried fish and vegetables in a light batter
food culture; dietary culture; cuisine
gourmandism; gourmet; gourmand; foodie
same-sex marriage; gay marriage
to remember; to recall; to call to mind; to imagine; to picture in one's mind; to visualize
to erase; to drown out (e.g. a voice); to make disappear
time; season; period; phase; stage
alarm bell; fire bell; warning; wake-up call
guidance; leading; induction; introduction; incitement; inducement
implicitly; indirectly; tacitly; by implication; obscurely
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
to be born and raised (in); to be born and brought up; to be born and bred
ceremonial hall (e.g. wedding, funeral); hall for ceremonies; place of ceremony
recruitment; invitation; raising (funds, donations, etc.); collection; flotation (of shares, loans, etc.)
happy; auspicious; propitious; naive
celebration; auspicious occasion
one's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
hit; success; guess; prediction; affability; friendliness; sensation
everyday conversation; day-to-day conversation
along the road; along the way
(very) cheap; (very) inexpensive; cut-price; bargain (price)
to overestimate (someone); to overrate; to think too highly of; to make too much of; to give (someone) too much credit
blank; blank space; gap; time spent not doing something (e.g. working, practicing)
outside the country; abroad
influential person; powerful person; big wheel; big gun; power behind the throne
perception; intuition; the sixth sense
thinking back now; looking back
simple; easy; simplistic; inexpensive; cheap
blushing; getting red in the face; embarrassment
roundabout (e.g. expression); indirect (reference, criticism, etc.); oblique
to drool; to dribble; to slobber
soundly (of sleeping); (sleeping) like a log
slovenly (appearance, work, etc.); sloppy; untidy; weak; feeble; weak-willed