pattern; design; body build; figure; essential qualities; character
golden and shiny; gaudy; gaudily decorated; brand spanking new; new and shiny
plating (chrome, gold, silver, etc.); coating; gilding; pretense; pretence; simulation
to become used to seeing; to be familiar with
great difference; major mistake
to be effective; to be fruitful; to be worthwhile; to be worth; to be rewarded; to pay off
to be noticeable; to notice; to catch one's eye
hustle and bustle; throng; crowd; congestion; traffic jam
what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?
in proportion to; according to; depending on
flesh; meat; flesh (of a fruit); pulp; the physical body (as opposed to the spirit); flesh; thickness
China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country; main region; province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryo system)
contrary to expectations; or so we thought, but ...
our country; our land; one's own country
familiar; well-known; regular (e.g. customer); old stand-by
apple; Apple (computer company)
eating heavily; hearty eating; binge eating; big eater; trencherman; gormandizer
restaurant (esp. Western-style)
buying and eating sweets (esp. children); between-meal snacking
relation; connection; relevance
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
self-education; self-instruction; self-study
what one likes, one will do well; you become good at what you like doing
(a) principle; (a) reason; (a) point; some truth
to take in one's hand; to pick up; to obtain
silly; foolish; absurd; childish; easy; trifling
cart (esp. a food cart); stall; festival float; portable shrine dedicated to a god and shaped like a house; stage prop fashioned after a large building; framework (of a house, etc.)
to ask a question; to ask questions
to shoot through something (wall, body, etc.); to pierce (e.g. with an arrow or a look)
business affairs of a company; clerical business of a Shinto shrine
person in the same line of business; people in the same trade; the trade; the profession
thank you for your continued patronage
splendid; fine; handsome; elegant; imposing; prominent
leaving somebody behind; abandoning someone; marooning someone
pilling; lint; furball; hairball; trichobezoar
field; farm; rural; agricultural; stray (e.g. dog, cat); unauthorised (esp. smartphone application)