seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
to exchange glances; to look at each other; to postpone; to put off; to contrast; to compare
curious; strange; unusual
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
with intense concentration; eagerly; intently; devouringly
(United States of) America; USA
dryness; aridity; drying (e.g. clothes); insipidity
takoyaki; octopus dumplings
flour; meal; powder; heroin
food made from flour (esp. dishes like okonomiyaki and takoyaki)
stew (esp. Japanese cream stew)
putting on the market; putting on sale; making commercially available; commercial; off-the-shelf; store-bought
cold storage; refrigeration
cold storage; deep freeze; cryopreservation
opposite side; other side; over there; ahead; destination; there (somewhere distant, esp. abroad)
hypothesis; supposition; assumption; tentative theory
to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)
to connect; to tie; to fasten; to transfer (phone call)
to indulge in; to give oneself up to; to be obsessed by; to be engrossed in; to be lost in; to be absorbed in
hotcake; (American) pancake
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
to hold up over one's head; to hold aloft; to hold over something; to hold (one's hands) out (e.g. towards a fire); to hold up to shade one's eyes, face, etc.
absorption; suction; attraction
with a clink (of metal); with a chink
(switched) on; being on the green (of one's ball)
market price; speculation (e.g. on stocks); reputation (according to conventional wisdom); estimation
business use; commercial use; professional use; industrial use
canned food; tinned food; confining someone (e.g. so they can concentrate on work); being stuck in a confined space
order (for an item); request; demand; condition
sweetness; sugary taste; sweets; dessert; charm; appeal
a long time (since the last time); first in a long time; it's been a long time; long time no see
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
there is no way that ...; easy; simple
irresponsible; perfunctory; lukewarm; half-baked; (already) enough; considerably