recommendation; advice; suggestion; encouragement
meeting together; introduction; costarring; appearing together; being matched; facing off
honorific; term of respect; polite expression; honorific language
engagingly; cordially; amiably; sociably; hospitably
store interior; inside of a shop
to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex
seat at a table; place at a table
difficult to eat; unpalatable
to jest; to joke; to play the fool; to act indecently; to be silly over; to talk foolishly
joint; knuckle; tune; melody; knot (in wood); node in a bamboo stem
to become misty; to become hazy
cheese; tee (piping); T-joint; cheese (said when taking a photograph)
leaving a decision to someone else (often of a meal to be selected by the chef); omakase
to fall into someone's hands; to pass into another's possession
cheers; bottoms-up; toast; drink (in celebration or in honor of something); drinking one's glass dry
to taste; to try (food or drink)
to deceive; to falsify; to dodge; to beg the question (issue, difficulties); to varnish over; to gloss over
to have one cup of sake after another
meanwhile; in the meantime
to spring; to bound; to be stimulated; to be encouraged; to pay handsomely; to splurge
abruptly; suddenly; all of a sudden; without warning
(undesirable but) inseparable relationship
untouched; unused; intact
two (long cylindrical things)
self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)
confidence; trust; faith; credit (finance)
upward glance; upturned eyes
covering; protection; backing; relief
how; in what way; in what manner
to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still
field of vision; visibility; view; visual field; (one's) ken
(mumbling) incomprehensibly; while mumbling; mutteringly; murmuringly
(theatrical) blackout; taking a (sudden) turn for the worse; rapid deterioration
to unite; to join; to do together; to confuse with
diffidence; losing one's nerve; feeling awkward; feeling timid; being daunted
not one to talk; who are you to say; look who's talking
bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; discomfiture; bafflement
to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on
and yet; though; when; in spite of