to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home
genuine; authentic; true; real
each and every one of them; every last one of them; all a bunch of
gorgeous; sumptuous; extravagant; luxurious
common; shared; to be common (to); to be shared (by); -wide
out-of-place; inappropriate; sticking out like a sore thumb
marriage ceremony; wedding; nuptials
very high; high up; aloft; only; merely; just
to lead; to take the lead; to be in a top position
restaurant (esp. Western-style)
using freely; making full use of; having a good command of; working (someone) hard; driving (someone) on
successfully; nicely; (yummy) food; yum-yum
affirmation; affirmative (logic)
individual plate; single individual's small dish on which food taken from shared serving dishes is placed
heap; pile; stack; full measure
coquettish voice; flirtatious voice
to smack one's lips (over a dish); to eat with relish
area; vicinity; side; edge; circumstances
since one's birth; in one's whole life; all one's life
to get an upset stomach; to have diarrhea
to demarcate; to delimit; to divide (an area); to punctuate; to put an end to (e.g. a sentence); to insert pauses or breaks (e.g. when reading aloud)
to look around; to take a view of
being moved forcibly, e.g. being carted to a police station, transportation for forced labour, etc.
to put on (lower-body clothing, e.g. pants, skirt, footwear); to wear; to affix (a sword to one's hip); (arch.) to affix (a bowstring to a bow)
obi; kimono sash; paper wrapper on books, CDs, etc.; band; belt; cingulum
pattern; figure; state; condition; conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems; model
to sew; to stitch; to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)
see-through (e.g. blouse)
southern country; southern provinces; southern lands
to base something on; to make something the basis
really; very; extremely; (not) anything; (not) at all; (not) a bit
blue; azure; green; green light (traffic); black (horse coat color); blue 5-point card; immature
to be prominent; to be conspicuous
Wonderland (fictional locale created by author Lewis Carroll)
every month; trite; commonplace; conventional