appearance; emergence; advent; arrival; showing up; coming to existence
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
to recover (one's) costs; to break even; to pay off (e.g. hard work); to be worth the effort
(very) cheap; (very) inexpensive; cut-price; bargain (price)
good(-tasting); nice; delicious; attractive (offer, opportunity, etc.); appealing; convenient
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with (skillfully); handling (well); managing
to have a catch; to have an ulterior motive; to be more (to something)
as one would expect from ...; given that ... (naturally ...); precisely because ...; all the more because of ...; on account of ...; ... being what it is
anyway; anyhow; setting aside ...; regardless of ...; really; truly
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
with a bonk; with a thump; with a klunk; with a rap
to strike; to hit; to attack; to bash; to sound out (someone's views); to pound (meat or fish); to chop into small pieces
devil; demon; Satan; the Devil; Māra; evil spirits or forces that hinder one's path to enlightenment
to twine; to get tangled; to be involved (e.g. of money in a matter); to get involved (in); to pick a quarrel (with); to find fault (with)
plot; scheme; trick; design; intrigue; artifice
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
to wait for one's punishment; to wait before one gets what's coming to one; (lit.) to wash one's neck and wait (i.e. for one's beheading)
a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)
loud laughter; roaring with laughter
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?
fat; thick; deep (of a voice); thick; daring; shameless
vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy
having a headache; racking one's brains; troubling over something
satisfactory; decent; good; proper; respectable
success; boom; being well-attended (of an event); prosperity
schoolyard; school playground; school grounds; campus
to begin to overflow; to start overflowing; to pour out
to bring (something); to take along; to fetch; to get
to be (animate); to be; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed; to (have the audacity to) do
set (of things); combo; setting up; preparing; setting (hair); set (in tennis, volleyball, etc.); set (in a play, film, etc.)
charming; fascinating; enchanting; bewitching; beguiling; captivating
Western food; Western dish; Western cooking; Japanized Western cuisine
Hamburg steak; hamburger steak
tonkatsu; breaded pork cutlet
fried prawns; fried shrimp
argument; discussion; dispute; controversy
fly (ball); fly (lure); fly (insect)
kitchen; galley; (Internet) troll
licensed chef; qualified cook
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
to all appearances; no matter how you look at it