to try out the food at various restaurants
beating time with one's hands; clapping to the beat; making a careless move (in go, shogi, etc.); responding to an opponent's move without proper thought
trainer (person who trains people or animals); sweatshirt
exhibition; exposition; expo; fair
to manage something successfully; to be successful
the whole company; the party; attendance (at a gathering); presence; banquet; dinner; troupe
to brighten; to grow light
mammoth (esp. the woolly mammoth, Mammuthus primigenius); gigantic; huge; enormous
sharing a table with someone you don't know (e.g. at a restaurant)
source of river; fountainhead
speech; utterance; speech production; word used to start a sentence
underground lake; subterranean lake
fresco; mural; wall painting
archeological; archaeological
to become serious; to take something seriously (e.g. a joke, teasing); to become irritated or angry (esp. at something trivial); to get worked up
to coat a surface with something that adheres strongly when hardened (i.e. grout, plaster, lacquer); to cover up (e.g. truth); to varnish (e.g. with lies, rumors)
fiction; made-up story; fable; fabrication; myth
pilot light; spark; live coals (for firelighting)
brewing; fermenting; arousing; causing; creating
10,000,000,000; ten billion
sidewalk café; footpath café
jack of all trades, master of none
dilution; watering down; inflation (of budget, claim, etc.); padding
to make a fool of (someone)
information terminal (esp. smartphone, cellphone); digital assistant
lovable; sweet; charming; pitiful; pathetic; touching
to dig up; to unearth; to uncover
prince on a white horse; knight on a white horse; Prince Charming
cemetery for those who left no relatives behind; potter's field
suitcase; trunk; trunk (of a car); boot; (trunk) line
four-digit number; thousands column
muddy place; mud; mire; sludge; slush; quagmire
old town; old part of a city
historical archive; library of historical records
leopard (Panthera pardus)