in a sense; in some way; to an extent
capsule toy; vending machine toy; gacha; loot box; loot crate
average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to
pull; patronage; tug; discount
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
hors d'oeuvre; appetizer; appetiser; starter
season (e.g. fruit, fish); in vogue; popular; fresh
caramelization; caramelized food
miko; shrine maiden; young girl or woman (trad. an unmarried virgin) who assists priests at shrines; medium; sorceress; shamaness
contest (between performers); competitive performance; competition between theatres putting on the same show
evening; last night; yesterday evening
attachment; adhesion; tenacity; fixation; obsession
persuasiveness; powers of persuasion; cogency
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style
addition; supplement; appending; appendix
monster; monstrosity; giant; influential figure; monsterlike; over-demanding
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
bothersome; tiresome; bother to do
to be evident; to be obvious; to understand completely
concerning the result (as opposed to the means used to achieve this result or the original goal)
so to speak; so to call it; as it were
if possible; preferably; if circumstances allow
to pour water (into); to dilute with water; to hinder; to hamper; to throw cold water on
route; course; path; one's future course (e.g. after graduating high school)
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
to hide; to be hidden; to conceal oneself; to disappear
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
to pull; to draw; to string (lines); to run (cable); to pull towards oneself (e.g. someone's sleeve); to drag; to haul
close to the wall; alongside the wall
to pretend not to see; to turn one's back on
entirely; completely; cleanly; snugly
form; shape; figure; visage
to turn one's back on; to be uninterested in
to be seen from the point of view of an onlooker
(appropriate to) time, place, occasion
sexual excitement; estrus; oestrus; rut; (coming into) heat
to begin (doing); to start (doing)
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
to shut one's eyes; to ignore; to pretend not to know; to die
never mind that; don't worry about that; listen up
staringly; scrutinizing; scrutinising