previously; already; for some time; for quite a while
quick; speedy; prompt; rapid; swift
counter seat; seat at the counter
untalkative; quiet; taciturn; reticent; uncommunicative
whether one likes it or not; willy-nilly
a blink of time; (lit.) the time it takes to say "Ah!"
gloss; luster; mellowness (of a voice); youthfulness (e.g. of skin); interest; appeal
on the way home from work; returning from work
live (esp. concert, show, etc.); live performance; alive
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
one's family; family member
(way of) life; living; livelihood; life circumstances
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
half and half; fifty-fifty
failing college entrance exams and retaking them a year later
new graduate; recent graduate
to look young; to seem young
successfully; nicely; (yummy) food; yum-yum
expresses a firm view or feeling; please ...; would you ...
audio; audio equipment (esp. high-end)
device; equipment; machinery; apparatus
sofa bed; sofa-bed; sofabed
shōchū highball; cocktail of shōchū with tonic water
row; line; company (of someone); group; sequence; counter for rows
bento; Japanese box lunch
PET bottle (clear plastic beverage bottle)
potato chips; potato crisps
pudding (esp. custard); black hair dyed blond but where the roots have again turned black
confectionery; sweets; candy; cake
domestic and foreign; inside and outside the country
cell; serge; cel (celluloid)
existing alongside (each other); mixture; intermingling
recommendation; advice; suggestion; encouragement
pale; pallid; bluish-white
silence; stillness; quietness