dramatic (improvement); remarkable (difference); marked; (far) better; exceptional
conceit; hubris; vanity; presumption
to be exhausted; to be tired out
prawn; shrimp; lobster; crayfish
dango; dumpling (usu. sweet); ball-shaped object; something round; lump; group
challenge; defiance; dare; attempt; try
takoyaki; octopus dumplings
one turn; one round; (a) size; to go around; to make a circuit; twelve years
soft and flaky (pie, potatoes, squash, etc.); fluffy; crumbly; being pleased with oneself; beaming happily; chuckling to oneself
piping hot; scalding; madly in love; passionately in love
to meet (by chance); to come across; to run across; to encounter; to happen upon
(social) standing; status; identity; birth; one's circumstances; one's means
snack (to have with a drink); side dish
most suitable; optimum; optimal; best
izakaya; Japanese bar that also serves various dishes and snacks
greater than ...; bigger ...
dislike of very hot food or drink; inability to take hot food; (lit.) cat tongue
care; attentiveness; attention; consideration (for others); solicitude
to concentrate; to devote; to apply; to strain; to rack
another helping; second helping; seconds; command to have dog place its second paw in one's hand
proficient; skillful; enjoying; satisfaction; satiation
sink (e.g. in a kitchen); cruising (e.g. taxi); strolling (entertainer, musician, etc.); washing area (in a Japanese-style bath); back-washing service (in a public bath); floating (something on water)
will; desire; ambition; urge (e.g. creative urge)
to chip (off); to shave (off); to slice (off); to dampen (e.g. enthusiasm); to discourage; to weaken
so (e.g. so much, so close, so many, so few)
day by day; by the day; (arch.) daily; (arch.) every day
personal (employee); employed; retained
smoothly; swimmingly; forthrightly; without hesitation
to bump heads; to bump into each other; to collide head-on; to meet by chance; to encounter; to run into
to dance (orig. a hopping dance)
to dance; to perform dance steps
unbearable; intolerable; unendurable
near; close; beside; third person
dissatisfaction; discontent; disapproval; objection; complaint; protest