big-shot; influential person; happy face; smiling face; sympathetic attitude; getting along with
sweetly (smiling); broadly (grinning)
response (felt in the hands); resistance; reaction; response; effect
clearly; distinctly; vividly
personal affair; one's own affair
short-tempered; quick-tempered; hasty
future; prospects; outlook; journey ahead; distance yet to cover
cheers; bottoms-up; toast; drink (in celebration or in honor of something); drinking one's glass dry
lead (in a cheer, toast, song, etc.); (someone's) lead; folk song and dance performed by a group; leader of a group of wind instruments (in gagaku)
party given in recognition of a person's services
not necessarily so; is not always true
event; festivities; function; social gathering; auspices; opening
Japanese food; Japanese-style meal; Japanese cuisine
Western cooking; Western-style meal; Western-style food; Japanized Western cuisine
favorite; favourite; habitually used
one sheet; one page; one block of tofu; one serving (in a restaurant); one long and narrow thing (e.g. guns, scissors, spades, hoes, inksticks, palanquins, candles, jinrikishas, shamisen, oars, etc.); one chō (unit of distance, 109.09 m); one game
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
I'm sorry to have kept you waiting
sound of bubbles (or other small objects) being popped; lumpy sensation (e.g. of food); little bits; small grains
manners; behavior; behaviour
to sense; to suspect; to get an inkling (of something); to get wind of; to smell (e.g. danger); to become aware of (e.g. a plot)
to send out; to forward; to show (a person) out
to spoil someone's start; to kill someone's enthusiasm; to take the wind out of someone's sails
arguing back and forth; bandying words; verbal tug-of-war
that much; as much; to that extent; only that; that alone; no more than that
God only knows; it's anyone's call; heaven knows
presentation; exhibit; suggest; citation
contact; connectedness; rapport; mutual touching
to blink (one's eyes); to wink; to bat; to twinkle (e.g. stars); to flicker; to waver
comprehensive; composite; all-embracing
from the start; from the beginning; from the outset
acquaintance; relation; affinity; reason
care; looking after; repair; (police) raid; crackdown
most of all; extremely; supremely
nothing more ... than this; as ... as it could possibly be
rubbing cheeks together (as a display of affection); pressing cheeks together
good feeling; good will; favourable impression; favorable impression
to take measures (in face of events being anticipated); to come to an agreement (in bargaining, etc.); to strike a bargain; to clap one's hands together
to leave (someone) alone; to leave to oneself; to leave (someone) be
shallow playboy; frivolous lad; good-time Charlie
to learn by experience; to learn one's lesson; to learn the hard way; to be discouraged (by); to have enough (of); to be disgusted (with)