use; adoption; acceptance; appointment; employment; engagement
reputation; (public) estimation; rumour; rumor; fame; notoriety
(very) unusual; unconventional; eccentric; novel; original; striking
crispy; crunchy; tearing; ripping; spirited; energetic
ramen; Chinese-style noodles
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
to side with (someone); to support (someone)
to polish; to shine; to burnish; to refine (a skill, etc.); to improve; to hone
(one's) quota; assignment
achievement; attainment; accomplishment; realization
essential; important; crucial; vital; main
otherwise; if not; or else
to be born; to come into the world
employee; employer; person hiring others
subjectivity; subject (philosophical); ego; one's personal opinion; one's own idea
leaving everything up to someone else
tolerant; big; flexible; big-hearted; accepting; open-minded
independence; self-reliance; independence (e.g. of a nation); freedom; separation; isolation
ramen restaurant; noodle restaurant
store; shop; establishment; restaurant
spring (device); spring (in one's legs); bounce; springboard; impetus
to swallow (e.g. a story); to accept without questioning; to swallow (food) whole; to gobble up; to gulp down
to curry favour; to butter up; to fawn over; to humour someone (humor); to put in a good mood (e.g. a baby)
admirable; commendable; praiseworthy; laudable; brave; heroic
profit-and-loss arithmetic; calculating profit and loss; mercenary point of view
anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly
to appear ...; to look like ...; to seem ...; to have a trace of; to be tinged with
always; forever; very; greatly (esp. of hopes and desires)
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
body and soul; mind and body
shiritori; word-chain game; word game in which players must give a word starting with the last syllable of the word given by the previous player
udon; thick Japanese wheat noodles
to trample underfoot; to tread on; to crush with a foot
ordinary; average; common; normal; like the average person; like most people
serious; grave; dignified; solemn
fictitious; imaginary; fanciful; aerial; overhead
collection (of a debt, rent, taxes, etc.); dunning; selection (for a position); exceptional promotion; fresh; freshly picked
very loose; slowly; leisurely