claim (for compensation); customer complaint seeking compensation; (general) complaint; objection
to be no match for; to not hold a candle to
a head (e.g. taller or shorter); noticeable difference (in competitors' results)
prize money; monetary award; reward
appeal (e.g. to public opinion); plea; appeal (e.g. sex appeal); attractiveness; appeal (e.g. in baseball); emphasizing (strong points, etc.)
application; subscription; entry (competition, raffle, etc.); enlistment
to flatter; to curry favor with; to curry favour with; to flirt with (woman with a man); to make eyes at (a man)
proper; right; reasonable
arrogant; haughty; insolent
chit; sales slip; voucher
pretending not to recognize (recognise); feigned ignorance
standing by; awaiting an opportunity; being on alert
largest company; industry leader
hospitality industry; service trade (hotel and restaurant); service industry
to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)
gaining nothing by; getting nowhere by
quickly (esp. actions); suddenly (esp. wind, rain, etc.)
whispering; subdued; murmuring; dry and tasteless
couscous; cuscus (variety of phalanger)
participants; participating athletes
sound of something striking repeatedly (e.g. wooden clappers); something small hopping repeatedly; touching lightly and repeatedly; punctuation marks such as the dakuten; Chonchon; South American mythical bird
a little embarrassing; slightly embarrassed; somewhat ashamed; extremely embarrassing; extremely embarrassed
bottom of one's heart; depths of one's mind; innermost thoughts; from the bottom of one's heart; wholeheartedly; truly
strangeness; abnormality; disorder
currently accepting (applications, etc.)
rapidly; one after the other; without hesitation; unreservedly; sound of tramping; stomping
this place; where one comes from; here
lower reaches (of a river); bottom; lower part; lower half (of the body, esp. the privates); feces (faeces); end
boiling in an iron pot; boiling to death (punishment during the Warring States period)
sashimi (raw sliced fish, shellfish or crustaceans)
supermarket; subtitles; telop; superheterodyne; super
to dish up; to arrange food (on a plate)
for connoisseurs; preferred by experts
tonkotsu ramen; pork bone broth ramen
false bottom; fake bottom; raised bottom; exaggeration; overstatement
marine products; seafood; fish and shellfish
lottery; raffle; drawing (of lots)