cold (drinking) water; (glass of) cold water; cold boiled rice
fashionability; fashionableness
sweet voice; seductive voice
better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth
Excellent (grade); A; superiority; excellence; gentle; graceful
set menu; fixed-course menu; table d'hôte
blowing repeatedly (e.g. to cool something down); huffing and puffing; puffing and panting; struggling (with work, studies, etc.); having difficulty
to cool (e.g. from a high temperature to room temperature); to let cool; to dampen; to throw a damper on; to spoil
water tank; cistern; fish tank; aquarium
ignorant of the ways of the world
talk; chat; troth; lovers' vow
current; urgent; to confront (an issue); to face (up to something); for the meantime; at present
agreement; concurrence; conformance; compliance
independent action; acting alone
under one's arm; (in) the armpit
to look displeased; (lit.) to flare one's nostrils
active; dynamic; energetic
showing no concern at all; being not at all bothered; devil-may-care attitude
green light; (giving) permission; OK
calamity; disaster; misfortune
sprouting; budding; young shoot; moe; fascination; infatuation (esp. towards anime and manga characters)
to become a (bad) habit; to become a habitual practice; to become addictive; to grow on one; to become moreish
(sales) promotion; (sales, advertising) campaign; campaign (for an election, social change, etc.); movement; (military) campaign
hopping; skipping; lightly and repeatedly jumping
crowding together; clustering together; close formation; swarm
manufactured goods; finished goods; product
contention; competition; rivalry; quarrel
ramen; Chinese-style noodles
bystreet; side street; back street; alley; lane
ramen restaurant; noodle restaurant
advantage; point in favor; point in favour
good place not many people know about; great little-known spot; good out-of-the-way place; betting booth (at a racecourse)
to vitalize (e.g. an industry); to invigorate; to energize; to establish (e.g. a company); to build up; to set up
to plan; to form a plan; to scheme; to envision; to intend to do