sympathy; consideration; (arch.) service; (arch.) labor; (arch.) illness; (arch.) disease
deep-frying food lightly coated in flour or potato starch; deep-fried food (esp. chicken)
aftertaste; later (in line or in turn, etc.)
chewing; mastication; digestion (e.g. of words); assimilation; comprehension
evaluation; appraisal; assessment; judgement; estimation; criticism
to choke; to be choked (by); to sob convulsively
being beyond recovery; having no hope of recovery
jūbako; multi-tiered food box
menu; bill of fare; program; programme; schedule
depths of Hell; abyss; inescapable situation
wet towel (supplied at table); hot, moistened hand towel
to be softened; to calm down
extremely; very; really; super; so
to view in a favourable light; to look favourably on
the world in general; society; convention
extremely busy; short-handed; (lit.) wanting even the help of a cat
disadvantage; drawback; demerit; bad point; minus
privately; with outsiders barred; en famille
hesitation; wavering; faltering; balking; recoil; flinching
to swell up; to bulge; to swell (of a budget, population, etc.); to increase significantly; to balloon
unique; matchless; unparalleled; unparallelled; never again
Oklahoma mixer (folk dance); Turkey in the Straw
to form a pair (pairs); to partner
being particular (about); being fussy; being picky; being choosy; being fastidious
to bend forward; to stoop; to bow
to float in the air; to be unfinished; to be unsettled; to be undecided
robot; (mere) puppet; pawn; figurehead
once in a lifetime; once in one's life
reserved; introverted; reticent; shy; withdrawn
to be confusing; to be different from what one is used to
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
to give one's heart to; to fall in love; to turn one's mind towards; to think of
immediately; at once; right away; directly; in person; first hand
(with a) mindset as if one were playing a video game; thinking of (treating) something as though it were a game
entry qualifications; joining qualifications
putting together (e.g. opinions); gathering; collecting; aggregating; summarizing; integrating
musical instrument; music; accompaniment instruments used in kabuki (excluding the shamisen)