luxurious and gorgeous; magnificent
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
(on a) closer look; closer scrutiny; second look
hors d'oeuvre; party platter; assorted food tray; catering platter
container; case; receptacle; coffin; casket
rate; ratio; comparatively; contrary to expectations
nasal breathing; breathing through one's nose; person's pleasure; excitement
dried fish (or shellfish, etc.)
silent profile (in cell phones); silent mode; vibrate mode
contents of a document (esp. of a letter)
receiving (a message, letter, email, etc.); reception (radio, TV, etc.)
to look toward; to have one's eyes drawn towards something
to be imminent; to be impending; to be pressing; to be urgent
since some time or another; since who-knows-when
should time and circumstances permit
uncommon; extraordinary (in relation to human characteristics)
dashi; Japanese soup stock made from fish and kelp
to forget to put in; to leave out
definite; final; decisive; conclusive
to shed tears; to (begin to) cry
aid; assistance; help; cheering; rooting (for); support
return gift; return favour; revenge; change (in a cash transaction)
foolish; idiotic; stupid; ridiculous; absurd
school with a high proportion of graduates accepted into high-ranking universities; school focused on preparing students to get into high-ranking universities; school with a high proportion of graduates who go on to university or junior college
trivial; not amounting to much
to take offense; to take offence; to get angry; to lose one's temper
unpleasant; disgusting; loathsome; shameful; scandalous
well-behaved (esp. of children and pets); obedient; good
theory; reason; logic; (unreasonable) argument; strained logic; excuse
before one knows it; before one realises; without one's knowledge; without noticing
one-sided; unilateral; arbitrary
to feel nauseated; to feel sick
lineage; pedigree; family line; birth
to decide; to determine; to establish; to lay down; to bring peace (to); to make peaceful
on good terms (with); on friendly terms (with); (getting along) well; in harmony; happily; peacefully
tail (of an animal); tail end; tip
to be convinced (that); to be under the impression (that); to make up one's mind; to set one's heart on; to be obsessed (with a thought, idea, etc.); to think about obsessively
if anything; conversely; putting it the other way around; coming at it from the opposite angle