food; food products; foodstuffs
(one's) favourite food; (one's) favorite food
which reminds me ...; come to think of it ...; now that you mention it ...; on that subject ...; so, if you say ...
How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?
balcony; veranda; verandah; porch
whispering; subdued; murmuring; dry and tasteless
hello; good day; good afternoon
koto (13-stringed Japanese zither); (arch.) stringed instrument
older sister; elder sister
mimicry; imitation (of someone, something)
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
popular person; favorite; favourite
maniac (as in rabid sport fan); enthusiast
authority; expert; counter for messages, letters, notes, documents, etc.; understanding (esp. of male-female relations); tact; supernatural powers
relay; hook-up; relay broadcasting
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
as a child; when one was a child; childhood
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
to memorize; to memorise; to commit to memory; to learn by heart; to bear in mind; to remember
receiving; reception; eating; drinking; please; please do for me
vacantly; blankly; openmouthed; with one's mouth wide-open; with a whack; with a thump
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK
to be popular; to come into fashion; to be prevalent; to spread widely (e.g. disease); to flourish; to thrive
to express (orally); to put into words; to say out loud
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
television program; TV program
looking and listening; (television) viewing; watching; (public) attention; interest
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
marching orders; sailing orders
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them
how many months?; how long?
to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)
shape; form; appearance; state; situation; suitable
to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled
beginning; outset; first; onset