come on; hurry up; chop chop; yeah; that's right; exactly
satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client
likes and dislikes; pickiness (about food); choosiness; fussiness; tastes; preferences
brightness; splendour; splendor
latter period; second half; late stage; third trimester; second semester
looking up (e.g. a word in a dictionary); retrieval (e.g. data); searching for; referring to
word of mouth; comments written online (about a product, service, etc.); online reviews
recoil; hesitation; flinching; shrinking back
freely; readily; cheerfully; without any sense of hesitation; without reserve; without treating it as a big deal
this, that and the other; this and that
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
meddling; interference; extending a paw to drag something closer; (arch.) hand; (arch.) arm; (arch.) disfigured arm
rustic simplicity; homeliness; unsophisticated; naive; honest; simple
occasionally; once in a while; seldom; casually; unexpectedly; accidentally
therefore; for that reason; such being the case
to be taken aback; to be astonished; to be dumbfounded
salt; common salt; hardship; toil; saltiness; cold
Japanese style; light wind; moderate breeze
elegance; grace; article; item; counter for items (of food, etc.); counter for dishes or courses (at a restaurant)
another thing; exception; special case
change; modification; alteration; revision; amendment
marine products; seafood; fish and shellfish
spicy; hot; salty; harsh (criticism); severe (punishment); painful
strongish; somewhat strong
measure; step; dealing with; medical treatment
to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire
(much) more than others; exceedingly; extremely; unusually
to stuff one's cheeks; to fill one's mouth (with food)
to reason; to sum up; to conclude
shio ramen; ramen in pale salty broth
to slurp; to sip (loudly); to sniffle; to sniff
arrival (of post, news, correspondence, etc.); receiving (a phone call, email, etc.)
another time; some other time
trade; buying and selling; trafficking (e.g. of humans, arms, drugs); dealing
to part (usu. of people); to part from; to separate (of a couple); to break up; to lose (e.g. one's mother); to be bereaved
dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly
to get tired of; to lose interest in; to be fed up with; to have enough
pink; erotic (usually used in relation to the sex industry); blue; pornographic
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
(only) one option; one possible choice
(another's) daughter; young lady