impressive; striking; memorable; impactful
slowly; quietly; steadily; soon; momentarily; before long
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why
to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)
all together now!; one, two, go!; ready, set, go!; heave, ho!; oops-a-daisy
salt and pepper; seasoning with salt and pepper
bento; Japanese box lunch
suddenly; casually; accidentally; incidentally; unexpectedly; unintentionally
ingredient; component; composition
indication; expression; display; displaying; representation; (copyright) attribution
to catch sight of; to come into view; to happen to see
date (with someone); (social) outing (for two); date night; date (day)
you're welcome; don't mention it; not at all; my pleasure
table; chart; list; memorial to an emperor
resentment; grudge; malice; matter for regret; regret
Ajinomoto; brand name of monosodium glutamate (MSG)
have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than
dressing; dressing; putting on clothes
origin; appearance of auspicious omen
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
calendar; calender (machine for flattening things)
just above; right overhead
reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery or detective genre
guess; conjecture; surmise
to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out
playfulness; playful mood; imaginativeness
instant noodles; instant ramen
Japanese person; Japanese people
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
complete change; about-face
world-class; (of) high global reputation
innovative; liberal; reformist; progressive
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
invention; intelligent; clever; (arch.) making sense (of something); (arch.) understanding
not less than; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; above-mentioned; aforementioned