happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying
luxury; extravagance; to live in luxury; to indulge oneself; lavish (use of something); abundant
to be inferior to; to be less good at; to fall behind
judgement; judgment; expert opinion; appraisal
genuine article; real thing; real deal
affectation; pretension; posturing; posing as; behaving as; acting like
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
cheating; deception; trickery; manipulation; juggling; falsifying
inflated price (assigned in anticipation of being haggled down); overcharging; exaggeration
to be undeserved; to be more than one deserves; to be more than one can handle
to install; to fit; to (manage to) obtain (someone's agreement, permission, etc.); to get; to patronize (a shop); to buy usually (from the same store)
feeling of a full stomach after a meal; satisfaction of having a full stomach
sluggish; languid; listless; bothersome; tiresome; pain-in-the-ass
tableware box also used as a personal dining table; box table
to covet; to crave; to indulge in; to do ceaselessly; to eat greedily; to devour
to eat up; to consume (completely)
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
another helping; second helping; seconds; other paw!
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
brink; verge; critical moment; crucial moment
self-deprecation; self-derision; self-mockery; laughing at oneself
early ripening rice; early-ripening fruit (grain, etc.); person who becomes physically or mentally mature at an early age
beyond that point; after that
setting a place; setting the table
briskly; quickly; promptly
placing a meal in front of one
clearing up leftover food and dishes
care; looking after; trouble; bother; good offices; recommendation
very; extremely; extreme; excessive; splendid; impressive
to get late; to advance; to wear on
here and there; little by little; sporadically; dots; spots
staying up late; sitting up late at night; keeping late hours
performance (as opposed to practice); going before an audience or on-air; game; match; high of the season; height (of summer, etc.)
to draw (a thread); to let out (e.g. a rope); to head out as a group; to set out in large numbers; to send out one after another; to dispatch
lively; full of spirit; energetic; healthy; well; fit
evening meal; supper; dinner
bath; bathing; bathhouse; public bath; room for drying lacquerware; base (wooden joint connecting the blade of a hoe, spade, etc., to the handle)
fatigue; weariness; exhaustion; fatigue (of metal, etc.)
surface; face; outside; exterior; appearances; superficiality
to surface; to come to the top; to stand out (e.g. against a background)
by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing
in so doing; when you do so; in this regard; on this occasion; some time during that period
bathroom with a large bath (in a hotel, hot spring resort, etc.)
before one's eyes; in one's presence; up close; personally