recommendation; advice; suggestion; encouragement
behavior; behaviour; manner; attitude; bearing
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
living; lifestyle; living room
gourmet food; delicious food; dining on gourmet food; following a lavish diet; living as an epicure
odour; odor; scent; aura; whiff; smacks of ...
natto (fermented soybeans)
Kansai; region consisting of Osaka, Kobe, Kyoto and surrounding prefectures; Kansai; south-western half of Japan (during the feudal era)
tide; current; sea water; opportunity; chance; thin soup of fish or shellfish boiled in seawater
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
cheese; tee (piping); T-joint; cheese (said when taking a photograph)
to be fragrant; to smell (good); to stink; to smell (bad); to glow; to be bright
tough; hard; determined; strong-minded; strong (e.g. sunlight, alcohol); severe
special; particular; peculiar; unique
variety; kind; type; counter for kinds, species, etc.
to be treated to a meal; to be given a meal
to be used to eating; to become used to eating; to be accustomed to eating; to acquire a taste for
to attempt; to test; to try out
adventure; venture; venture which is unlikely to succeed; risky attempt; danger
agreement; consent; same opinion; same view; same meaning
with a complacent smile; with a smile of satisfaction
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood
specialist shop; shop specializing in a few types of product
to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive
disliking a certain food without having tried it; disliking something without having tried it; being prejudiced against; having an instinctive aversion to
stubbornness; obstinacy; disposition; nature; appetite; desire
to float; to set afloat; to show on one's face (smile, sadness, etc.); to recall; to call to mind
to gouge; to hollow out; to bore; to excavate; to scoop out
pickled (something); pickled in (something); preserved in; overreliance on (e.g. medication); excessive use of
to get dressed up; to treat oneself
association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
to make merry; to be festive
to creep; to steal up; to draw near unnoticed
to warp; to bend; to contort; to be perverted; to be warped (of a view, mind, etc.); to be distorted
(in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; around; about; for instance; say
playing with balls (e.g. football, playing catch, etc.)
to cut into (a conversation); to interject
counterattack; counteroffensive; counterblow
How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?
to scold; to chide; to rebuke; to reprimand
to be dispirited; to be dejected; to be disheartened; to lose heart