audience (with someone of high standing)
progress; advance; making (good) progress
surmise (about someone's feelings); guess; conjecture; (showing) deference (to); consideration (of someone's wishes); servility
to clash; to collide; to conflict; to meet (by chance); to come across; to run into
no loss or gain; coming out even
wide; extensive; comprehensive; far-reaching; widespread
to come to realize; to become aware (of)
cramp; sprain; unreasonableness; absurdity; illogical; unreasonable
(approximate) age; years; elderly; old; older (than); senior
great person; great figure; person of great character
receiving; getting; eating; drinking; please (give me; do for me)
just right (time, size, length, etc.)
home area; home town; local
universal; omnipresent; ubiquitous
same generation; one's generation
to overflow from something full
Buddhist temple; religious building; church; cathedral
bargain sale; selling cheaply; selling at a low price; giving out (too) readily; handing out freely; selling (oneself) short
with a burble; hollow (sounding); holey; full of holes or dents; here and there; (sound of) walking slowly
to spoil someone's start; to kill someone's enthusiasm; to take the wind out of someone's sails
blasphemous; profane; sacrilegious
to pass away; to die; (lit.) to become a star
to put one's palms together (e.g. when praying or asking for something); to place one's hands together; to compete against someone; to play (a game, match, etc.) against someone
handmade; handcrafted; homemade; homegrown
superb piece of work; masterpiece; exquisite item; perfection; unique article
not knowing when to let go (give up, etc.); unwilling to resign; having lingering attachment; regretful
sampling food; tasting; trying
food and drink; eating and drinking
temptation; allurement; lure; enticement; seduction
egoistic; self-centered; selfish
tanuki (Nyctereutes procyonoides); raccoon dog; sly dog; sly old fox; sly fox
popularity; favorable reputation; high esteem; respect
thank you for waiting; sorry to have kept you waiting
takeout (food); take-out; takeaway; carry-out; to-go
being good-for-nothing; useless person
to come in (of light); to shine in; to stream in; to pour in
to coil around; to twine around; to cling (to); to follow around; to hang around
bulky and heavy; massive; solid; dignified; imposing; composed