full house; all seats occupied; fully occupied
dining room; dining hall; cafeteria; restaurant; eatery; snack bar
scenery; scene; landscape; scene (e.g. of a crime)
picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage
to decorate; to ornament; to display; to exhibit; to mark (e.g. the day with a victory); to adorn (e.g. the front page)
model; type (e.g. of machine, goods, etc.); type; style; mold (mould); template; kata (standard form of a movement, posture, etc. in martial arts, sport, etc.)
precisely; exactly; plumb; damn; stupid; cursed
ornament; decorative object; object placed in a tokonoma; figurehead; leader without real power
to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex
securing; obtaining; ensuring; belay; belaying
to be worried; to be troubled
to recommend (someone to do); to advise; to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.); to suggest; to offer (a drink, cigarette, seat, etc.)
marine products; seafood; fish and shellfish
dashi (Japanese soup stock made from fish and kelp)
to be entwined; to be involved
intricate; elaborate; complicated; complex
to be used to eating; to become used to eating; to be accustomed to eating; to acquire a taste for
imperial court; royal court
equally (talented, etc.); evenly; neck and neck; nip and tuck
popular; folksy; plebeian; ordinary; unpretentious
bustling; busy; crowded; lively (party, voices, etc.); loud; noisy
carefree; comfortable; at ease; easygoing; happy-go-lucky
a long time (since the last time); first in a long time
wearisome; insipid; dull; irksome; wretched; vain
to relax one's efforts; to let up; to let one's guard down
to form; to shape; to make; to mold; to mould; to build up
partly open; in half bloom
not at all tense; relaxed; calm
to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)
river; stream; River; the ... river
upper stream; upper course; upstream; upper classes
whole area; whole region; stretch (of land); tract; belt
source of river; fountainhead
fee contingent upon success; contingency fee; completion bonus
all over the country; everywhere in the country; throughout the nation
to be helpful; to be useful
to spring; to bound; to be stimulated; to be encouraged; to pay handsomely; to splurge