vivid; bright; brilliant; skillful; skilful; adept
many; numerous; various; large number of
tightly (packed); densely; closely; crammed
to cram; to stuff; to jam; to squeeze; to compress; to pack
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
feast; treating (someone); to treat (someone, e.g. to a meal)
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
Western cooking; Western-style meal; Western-style food; Japanized Western cuisine
great antiquity; old-fashioned; long ago
suggestion; proposition; proposal; submission (of a bill); motion; proposal
having an ancient and honorable origin
achievement; meritorious deed; distinguished service; contribution
jūbako; multi-tiered food box
to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
perhaps; probably; generous; many; much
development; exploitation
wanted; wished for; in need of; I want (you) to
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
injury; harm; evil influence; damage
listen!; you see; mind you; remember
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
New Year's gift (usu. money given to a child by relatives and visitors)
congratulation; congratulations; celebration; congratulatory gift; present
special; particular; extraordinary; exceptional; especial
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
several sheets (flat objects)
to take out; to produce; to pick out; to fetch; to retrieve
by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing
to hand over; to surrender
before one's eyes; in front of one; under one's nose; immediate; imminent; around the corner
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
custom; convention; tradition; mores; conventional practice
bad pun; corny joke; worn-out joke; dad joke
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
avenue; street; coming and going; street traffic; flow (of water, air, etc.); transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice)
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
to take; to carry (something) away; to bear
to release; to let go; to free; to add (pieces of eggplant, potato, etc.) to water, broth, etc.
gravity; gravitation; gravitational pull
in accordance with; according to; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)