suddenly; at once; considerably; very much; firmly; with an effort
to swallow; to gulp down; to understand; to grasp; to engulf; to swallow up
to taste; to eat; to drink; to speak (of); to put into words; to refer (to)
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
surroundings; environs; circumference
marine products; seafood; fish and shellfish
lonely (e.g. person, feeling); lonesome; desolate; deserted; sad; lacking
covered with; stained; smeared
to be submerged; to be soaked; to be pickled; to be well seasoned; to be totally immersed (in a condition, e.g. laziness)
being raised in the mountains; person raised in the mountains
familiarity; intimacy; acquaintance
to one's heart's content; as much as one wants; as hard as one can; resolution; decisiveness; determination
food; foodstuff; prey; victim
bad(-tasting); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
general idea; concept; notion
Japanese food; Japanese dish; Japanese cuisine
unique flavor (flavour); (degree of) flavouring; distinctive quality; special charm
soy sauce; soya sauce; shoyu
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
tough; hard; determined; strong-minded; strong (e.g. sunlight, alcohol); severe
half-moon; half a month; semicircle
leaving behind; desertion; abandonment
seafood; products of the sea; marine products; fruits of the sea
following (e.g. someone's opinion); being servile to; adherence; compliance; emulation; mimicking
tourist attraction; sight-seeing area
holiday; vacation; day off; time off; leave; furlough
to get dressed up; to treat oneself
travel; trip; journey; excursion; tour
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to add up to; to advance (in price)
upper class; upper echelons of society; the rich and powerful; the elite
imitation; copy; make-believe; doing something in a way that only superficially resembles the real thing
splish-splash; with a splash
spending time with one's family on one's day off work; family duty
erotic; sexy; arousing; risque; sultry
to remove; to get rid of; to exclude; to except; to kill (a traitor, opponent, etc.)
to slide; to glide; to slip; to skid; to be slippery; to fail (an examination); to lose (a position)
sea breeze; salty wind; briny air