satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client
wobbling; tottering; wavering (e.g. over a decision); dithering; boiling up; dizzily
to ring; to sound; to be popular; to be esteemed; to state; to insist
end; close; conclusion; termination
above ground; on the ground; earth's surface; this world; this earth
high and low speed; fast and slow; lenience and severity; emergency; crisis
best photograph; best shot
screen (of a TV, computer, etc.); image (on a screen); picture; surface of a painting (picture, drawing, etc.)
resignation; acceptance; consolation
restaurant information website
extravagant; lavish; opulent; luxurious; magnificent; splendid
warehouse; storehouse; cellar; magazine; granary; godown
gyoza; pot sticker; crescent-shaped pan-fried dumplings stuffed with minced pork and vegetables
yakitori; chicken pieces (or sometimes beef or pork offal) grilled on a skewer; grilled and skewered bird (esp. sparrow); failing to win a single hand during a half-game
tying up; binding; total; sum; conclusion (e.g. of a gathering); end; final meal after a drinking party
careful selection; careful screening; hand-picking
ramen restaurant; noodle restaurant
tonkotsu ramen; pork bone broth ramen
oden; dish of various ingredients, e.g. egg, daikon, potato, chikuwa, konnyaku stewed in soy-flavored dashi
crisp (e.g. potato chip, fried fish, etc.); crunchy; grumpily; touchily; scratching; crunchies
chicken skin (esp. in cooking)
dashi; Japanese soup stock made from fish and kelp
daikon (variety of large white Oriental radish, Raphanus sativus var. longipinnatus); bad actor; lousy actor; wooden actor
lovely; dear; beloved; pitiable; pathetic; piteous
memo book; memo pad; notebook; notepad; scratchpad; scratch pad
to be surprised; to be amazed; to be frightened; surprise (e.g. surprise party)
to write in more information; to add (a paragraph, more lines, etc.); to tack on
(verbal) message; word (from someone)
to look after; to take care of; to be put in charge of; to be given responsibility for; to withhold (an announcement); to reserve (judgment)
least; lowest; worst; awful; horrible; at the very least
to experience chest pain; to have a pain in one's chest; to feel sick at heart; to have one's heart ache; to be anguished
to speak sharply (e.g. during a heated discussion or argument)
to rekindle one's love; to fall in love again (with a person one has previously been in love with)
scolding; reprimand; lecture
spit; skewer; proxy (computer server)
to be filled to bursting; to burst
to sprawl; to lie sprawled; to stretch oneself out; to lie relaxed on one's side
dental brushing; brushing one's teeth; dentifrice; toothpaste; tooth powder
unsteadily (walking); waddling; staggeringly; totteringly
breathing of a sleeping person
to deepen; to heighten; to intensify