personal feelings; self-interest
to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.); to suggest
able-bodied; robust; sturdy; strong
common knowledge; being well-known; making (something) well-known
avenue; street; coming and going; street traffic; flow (of water, air, etc.); transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice)
width; breadth; freedom (e.g. of thought); latitude; gap; difference (e.g. in price)
to spread (out); to extend; to stretch; to reach to; to get around; to fill (e.g. a space)
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
deep-fried food (esp. chicken)
roasting in foil wrapper; food roasted wrapped in foil
to be delighted; to be glad; to congratulate; to gratefully accept
preservation; conservation; storage; saving (e.g. to disk)
to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to
pickled (something); pickled in (something); preserved in; overreliance on (e.g. medication); excessive use of
maturing; ripening; aging; ageing; curing; fermenting
enjoyment; pleasure; diversion; anticipation; looking forward to
being Instagrammable; looking good on Instagram
inevitable; necessary; foregone; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
never mind that; don't worry about that; listen up
store; shop; establishment; restaurant
to sell wholesale; to grate (e.g. vegetables); to cut up fish
wonderful; splendid; magnificent
to say everything one wants to say; to exhaust a topic
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
definitely; absolutely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness
Western cooking; Western-style meal; Western-style food; Japanized Western cuisine
indispensable; essential; requisite; required; compulsory; necessary
to fuss over; to be particular about; to be obsessive about; to be fixated on; to obstruct; to hinder
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
general; popular; common; typical
long sentence; long piece of writing (e.g. passage, letter, article, telegram)
clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect
look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting
cool (temperature, color, etc.); cool (i.e. calm and collected); cool (i.e. fashionable, attractive, etc.); course (of medical treatment); season (series) of a television program (usu. 13 installments over a 3-month period)
to be popular (esp. with the opposite sex); to be well liked; to be pampered (spoiled, doted upon, etc.); to be welcomed
to associate with; to keep company with; to go out with; to go along with; to follow someone's lead; to accompany someone
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
to leak out (a secret); to be exposed (a lie, improper behaviour, etc.); to be found out; to get away (of fish)
to be given the cold shoulder; to be jilted; to be rejected; to be dumped
good-natured person; good person; (one's) lover; boyfriend; girlfriend