exchange (e.g. cultural); interchange; interaction; alternating current; AC
before very long; soon; someday; one of these days; sooner or later
enterprise; business; company; corporation
low-priced; cheap; shallow (e.g. sympathy); superficial; link back to discussion group, bulletin board, etc. posting
with a pat; with a tap; with a pop; with a crack; casually (throw); carelessly
contact; touch; contact lens
to hurt one's feelings; to rub someone the wrong way
troublesome; annoying; complicated
to soften; to moderate; to relieve
inquiry into; enquiry into; prying (into); investigation; search; exploration
ups and downs; bobbing up and down; rising and falling; ebbing and flowing
personality-wise; by nature; characteristic
periodic; cyclic; cyclical
feeling keenly; fully realizing
family restaurant (i.e. a restaurant with varied and inexpensive menu options); casual dining restaurant
treat (esp. food and drink); entertainment; treating someone (to a meal); gorgeous dinner; feast; excellent food
to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex
hotcake; (American) pancake
to leave a dish half-eaten
ponzu mixed with grated daikon
tonkatsu; breaded pork cutlet
nasi goreng; Indonesian fried rice
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
foe; enemy; resentment; enmity; harm; injury
omission; leaving out; abbreviation; abridgment; abridgement
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
big fan (of something or someone); great fan
another; one more; (not) quite; (not) very; lacking
new work; new production; new composition; new creation; new title
to charm; to attract; to fascinate; to entice
charm; fascination; glamour; glamor; attraction; appeal
to learn; to acquire knowledge; to carry; to wear (clothes, etc.); to put on
to be popular (esp. with the opposite sex); to be well liked; to be pampered (spoiled, doted upon, etc.); to be welcomed
sense of liberation; feeling of freedom
to be talked about; to get a name for oneself; to get publicity
large (amount of money); huge; hefty; expensive
to accompany; to follow; to keep up with
to gaze (at); to stare intently (at); to look fixedly (at); to fascinate; to enchant; to possess