ambition; aspiration; desire to improve oneself
to be particular about one's food; to have a discriminating palate
common; ordinary; conventional; customary
to be palatable; to suit one's taste
original; unique; distinctive; independent; one's own; personal
to engage in; to participate in; to take part in; to be involved in
knowing only too well; being fully aware of
pork-cutlet sandwich; tonkatsu sandwich
mixture of chocolate, cream and liquor, used in truffles, ganache, etc.
tart; roll of sponge cake with sweetened beans
sincerity; true heart; devotion
teriyaki (meat or fish marinated in sweet soy sauce and broiled)
in its entirety; whole; wholly
pumpkin (Cucurbita sp.); squash
drawing; painting; doodling; sketching
omurice; fried rice wrapped in or topped with omelette
gale; strong wind; swift wind; fresh breeze (Beaufort scale)
saucepan; pot; stew; hot pot
coloring; colouring; color scheme; colour scheme; (touch of) colour; embellishment
with a feeling of relief; with a sigh of relief; deeply (sigh)
to be frugal; to be sparing; to value; to hold dear; to regret (e.g. a loss); to feel sorry (for)
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence
numeral; figure; digit; numeric character
to compete with; to vie for
one's hand (when playing cards); name tag; nameplate; wallet-sized (photo)
deck (of playing cards on table, face down, from which cards are drawn); stack; draw pile; tag verifying one has permission to take plants and trees from common land (Edo period)
numerical value; numerics; reading (on a meter, etc.)
same score; deadlock; tie; draw
draw (in competition); tie game
from the beginning; from scratch
revival (e.g. musical); come-back; restoration; rebirth; resurrection
(sudden) change; reversal; turn-around; coming from behind (baseball)
first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface
to consider as; to regard (as equivalent); to deem (as); to equate