perfect score; full marks; extremely; very; quite
good feeling; good will; favourable impression; favorable impression
(metropolitan) prefecture (of Osaka and Kyoto); the centre or seat (of) (center); (government) office; fu; historical administrative unit in China, Korea and Vietnam
sauce; Worcestershire sauce
udon; thick Japanese wheat noodles
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration
encroachment; erosion; corrosion
possible; likely; probable
to be imaginable; to be conceivable
and then; and so; and; so then
gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; irritating; troublesome; heavy (weather); cloudy
study; scholarship; learning; discipline; branch of learning; (a) science
to become hungry; to get an empty stomach
different opinion; objection
to come and go; to go back and forth
publication (e.g. of an article in a newspaper); carrying (e.g. a story); running (e.g. a serial); insertion (e.g. of an advertisement); printing; posting (e.g. on the web)
walking; pace; step; course (of history, one's life, etc.); history; pitch (of a screw, etc.)
to go underground; to go into hiding
underground shopping center; underground shopping centre
ramen restaurant; noodle restaurant
stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs
peculiarity; uniqueness; characteristic
deep (colour); dark; strong (flavour, smell, etc.); thick (consistency); dense; strong (possibility, etc.)
fine food; high-quality food; gourmet; epicure; gastronome
to pick up; to adopt (e.g. a proposal); to accept; to take away; to confiscate; to deliver (a baby)
-ish; -like; resembling; appearing to be; seeming to be
copy; photocopy; blurb on a book jacket; catch copy
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
to covet; to crave; to lust insatiably for; to indulge in; to devour greedily
proxy; ringer; substitute; second serving of noodles (to add to previously purchased ramen)
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
to thrust (something) into (something); to cram; to plunge into; to charge into; to delve into (a matter); to go into depth; to press (someone) about
classification; categorization; sorting
actually; really; truly; in practice; practically
thin; slender; fine; unlucky
to be completely boiled; to be boiled to a turn
having a meal (before doing something); fortifying oneself with a meal