link; connection; filler; stopgap (job, budget, etc.); thickener (e.g. in cooking); thickening; hedging
deep blue sky; bottomless blue sky
to fly up (as if dancing); to soar; to rise
to make sense; to be consistent
to take notice (of); to pay attention (to)
scrutiny; scanning; taking a good look
in history; ever; historical
bittersweet; having mingled feelings of joy and sorrow; joy and sorrow alternating in one's heart
all night; throughout the night
to count on one's fingers; to count down the days (in anticipation); to look forward to
to go to the top; to climb to the top; to ascend to the top; to be engrossed in; to be very enthusiastic about; to be infatuated with
to join forces; to cooperate
to say; to speak; to tell; to talk
being on stage without respite; performing continuously; staying out the entire time; being in attendance continuously (e.g. at a meeting)
betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)
temporary; provisional; interim
one's heart; one's mind; one's intentions
favorable; favourable; friendly; vividly colored; vividly coloured
pride; self-confidence; self-esteem; self-conceit
to blunt; to dull; to weaken
established theory; accepted opinion; accepted explanation
distance; interval; gap; difference; estrangement
innate ability; innate talent; natural gift
still more; even more; all the more; still less; even less
leader; authority; mainstay
difficult to eat; unpalatable
leaving a decision to someone else (often of a meal to be selected by the chef); omakase
to fall into someone's hands; to pass into another's possession
to deceive; to falsify; to dodge; to beg the question (issue, difficulties); to varnish over; to gloss over
to have one cup of sake after another
(undesirable but) inseparable relationship
untouched; unused; intact
upward glance; upturned eyes
not one to talk; who are you to say; look who's talking
to exchange glances; to look at each other; to postpone; to put off; to contrast; to compare
in the future; another day; later
fusion; melting; liquefaction
while moving; on the move