to soften; to moderate; to relieve
inquiry into; enquiry into; prying (into); investigation; search; exploration
ups and downs; bobbing up and down; rising and falling; ebbing and flowing
feeling keenly; fully realizing
family restaurant (varied menu options, inexpensive); casual dining restaurant
feast; treating (someone); to treat (someone, e.g. to a meal)
to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex
hotcake; (American) pancake
to leave a dish half-eaten
ponzu mixed with grated daikon
tonkatsu; breaded pork cutlet
nasi goreng; Indonesian fried rice
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
foe; enemy; resentment; enmity; harm; injury
omission; abbreviation; abridgment; abridgement
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
big fan (of something or someone); great fan
furthermore; adding to the above-mentioned; not quite; not very good; lacking
new work; new production; new composition; new creation; new title
to charm; to attract; to fascinate; to entice
charm; fascination; glamour; glamor; attraction; appeal
to learn; to acquire knowledge; to carry; to wear (clothes, etc.); to put on
to be popular (esp. with the opposite sex); to be well liked; to be pampered (spoiled, doted upon, etc.); to be welcomed
sense of liberation; feeling of freedom
to be talked about; to get a name for oneself; to get publicity
large (amount of money); huge; hefty; expensive
to accompany; to follow; to keep up with
to gaze at; to fix one's eyes upon
to pay the bill; to settle an account
lower grades of primary school (first, second, and sometimes third grades)
older brother and younger sister
to steal a glance; to intercept and read (e.g. other people's email)
nonchalant; unconcerned; in a casual manner
to (happen to) see; to notice; to catch sight of
cavity; hollow; void; hollow (voice, smile, etc.); blank (eyes, look, etc.); vacant (expression, stare, etc.)