food and drink; eating and drinking
French food; French cooking; French cuisine
full-course dinner; multicourse meal; full (educational) course
order (for an item); request; demand; condition
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
to be somewhat stylish; to be somewhat chic
needless fear; groundless apprehension; unfounded worry
shopping; purchased goods
yakisoba; fried noodles, usu. with vegetables and meat
ramune; type of lemon soda sold in a Codd-neck bottle; compressed tablet candy; glucose tablet
plate; dish; serving; helping; kanji radical 108 (at the bottom)
to be placed on; to be set on; to be piled on; to appear (in print); to be mentioned; to be recorded
entering; entrance; attendance; audience; containing; income; earnings
bottle; jar; decanter; flagon; phial; vial
transcendence; excellence; superiority; super; extremely; awfully
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
world; society; people; the public
practice; experience; habituation; being used to; being comfortable with; being experienced in
popular; folksy; plebeian; ordinary; unpretentious
to become familiar with; to get used to; to become accustomed to; to come to fit; to go (well) with; to suit
beyond expectations; beyond what one expected; not foreseen; exceeding assumptions
unthinkable; unexpected; absolutely not!; far from it!; (it was) no bother at all; not at all
(a) little; somewhat; somehow
surreal; surrealism; shul; schul
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
to open (e.g. doors); to open (e.g. business, etc.); to be empty; to be vacant; to be available; to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.); to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.)
before; previously; ahead; pardon me for leaving (before you)
to keep up (appearances); to put up (a good front); to smooth over (a mistake, fault, etc.); to gloss over; to mend; to repair
head; brains; intellect; understanding
unchanged (from long ago); as it was in the past; same old; traditional
small-time candy store; penny candy store
store; shop; establishment; restaurant
to line up; to set up; to enumerate; to itemize; to be equal (to); to compare well (with)
commodity; article of commerce; goods; stock; merchandise
being drawn to many things; distraction; difficulty of choice; difficulty in choosing; being unable to decide
contour; outline; summary; outline; looks; features
to become dim; to become blurred
shopkeeper; storekeeper; proprietor of a shop
to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake
standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller; stretching oneself; overreaching oneself; overstretching oneself; trying to do something beyond one's ability