to try out the food at various restaurants
weight training; muscle training
etc.; et cetera; and so on
one turn; one round; (a) size; to go around; to make a circuit; twelve years
stain; spot; smudge; spot (on one's skin, e.g. chloasma, liver spot); blemish; discoloration
glance; look; glimpse; complete view; bird's-eye view
competing; competition; auction
highest ever; record-high; highest on record
to give a glance (at); to take one look at
complaint; grumbling; objection; phrase; words; expression
fast-talking; rapid talking
to talk on and on; to rattle on; to keep on talking (without pause)
four (long cylindrical things)
devoted; self-sacrificing
ripple (on water); wavelets; ripple (e.g. of uneasiness); unrest; disturbance
appearance; (outward) looks; exterior appearance
not only ... (but also); not merely; as well as; furthermore; besides; moreover
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
more than enough; more than ample; exhaustive
everybody; every last one of them; all
internal conditions; true state of affairs
big; large; drastic; full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)
to be very far apart from; to be remote; to be quite different from
to yield; to give way to; to make way for
leader; reader; reading book; reader (i.e. someone who reads); microreader; dotted line (in printing)
presumably; it seems that ...; I guess that ...; I suppose that ...; one could infer that ...
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
reins; bridle; control; the reins (on)
riding (on horseback); mounting (a horse)
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
the same kind; accomplice; partner
to be disheartened; to lose heart; to be sprained; to be snapped; to be broken
to cheer up; to be encouraged (by); to be in high spirits
stimulus; impetus; incentive; encouragement; motivation; provocation
oscillation; vibration; swing (e.g. of a pendulum)
leg strength; walking ability; running ability
overconfident; presumptuous
elegance; dandyism; sophistication; affectation; showing off; putting on an air