sampling food; tasting; trying
stylish; smart; with a crack; crisply (e.g. fried, starched); tearing off; ripping off
aromatic (roasted beans, roasted tea, etc.); fragrant (e.g. burning wood); pleasant-smelling; savory-smelling (e.g. barbecued meat); savoury; appetizing
cut end; section; opening; slit
joke; pun; jest; smartly dressed; stylish; fashion-conscious
thank you for your continued patronage
it is no exaggeration to say; it is not too much to say
ardour; ardor; passion; fervour; fervor
to become coarse (e.g. of a texture); to turn rough; to turn gritty; to become sandy
to look away; to avert one's eyes; to avoid facing (e.g. reality)
memories; recollections; reminiscence
distinction; differentiation; discrimination; difference
way of talking; speaking style
(personal) appearance; (personal) grooming; essential skill; required knowledge
to lose heart; to lose interest; to become stale (i.e. of a carbonated beverage); to go flat; to lose focus; to let one's guard down
to refuse; to decline; to deny
neighbour; neighbor; (people in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood
uneasy; unsure; unreliable; untrustworthy; (arch.) nervous; (arch.) impatient
to tease; to banter; to make fun of (someone)
embarrassed; self-conscious; bashful; abashed
(another's) daughter; young lady (of pampered upbringing); woman who has never known hardship; naive woman
tearing up and discarding (e.g. documents); destruction; annulment; cancellation; reversal (of an original ruling on appeal); quashing
(one's) gaze; line of sight; point of view; standpoint; line covering someone's eyes (to obscure their identity); eye censor bar
ultraviolet rays; ultraviolet radiation; UV radiation
sunscreen; sunblock; sun cream; suntan lotion
to be transparent; to be see-through; to be clear; to be clear (of a voice or sound)
(random) guess; guesswork; shot in the dark; conjecture
otaku; geek; nerd; enthusiast
disappointed love; broken heart; unrequited love; being lovelorn
ballade (narrative poetry, musical composition); ballad (popular song)
memorization; memorisation; learning by heart
song lyrics; words of a song; libretto
perfect imitation (of a song, dance routine, etc., usu. by an amateur)
to let (someone) take hold of your hand
naming (esp. of a commercial product or company); branding
magistrate; shogunate administrator
musical note; note symbol; phonetic symbol (incl. the kanji and kana-doubling symbols, vowel-lengthening symbol, etc.); part of a kanji for which the role is primarily to represent the pronunciation (as opposed to the meaning)
to sell well; to sell out; to be worldly and understanding; to be sensible; to be sorted out; to be put in order
hook (high point of a song); chorus