shop used for testing sales of new products; showroom; shop selling local specialities to Tokyo
technical college; higher schools and colleges
poor; unsatisfactory; inadequate; cold; chilly
consumer financing firm; loan shark
administration costs; administrative expenses; management costs
bungee-jumping; bungee jump
confirmation of someone's safety; ascertainment of someone's safety
living with one's parents; living at home
hiss (esp. cat); sizzle; whoosh
putting one's courage to the test
two people using the same (vehicle) (often two on a bike)
truancy; absence without leave
magical; sorcerous; supernatural
second year of junior high school; second-year junior high school student
reformatory; juvenile training school; reform school; youth detention center (centre)
prattle; broken language; halting language; baby talk; imperfect speech; smattering
shower of dharma; Buddhism flowing forth
electrical appliances; electric appliances
accidental death; casualty
Chinese cooking; Chinese food
and various other things; and many others; and all the rest; and so on and so forth
to be transmitted (handed down) from generation to generation
to lose (a chance); to miss (a chance); to overlook; to omit; to deviate; to depart from (the norm, etc.)
first thing after rising; as soon as getting up
stabbing to death; putting out
high grade; special grade; classy
to curse someone to death; to put a deadly curse on someone
to be lifted up; to be hung up; to twitch upwards; to turn upward; to slant upward
to have time free; to have time to spare
to disappear; to vanish; to go out (of a fire, light, etc.); to die; to fade (of a feeling, impression, etc.); to vanish (e.g. of hope); to go away (e.g. of a smell, itchiness, sleepiness)
grade; class; degree; magnitude
link; connection; filler; stopgap (job, budget, etc.); thickener (e.g. in cooking); thickening; hedging
gorge; ravine; canyon; glen
curtain; hanging; bunting
to tattle; to tell on; to inform a superior of someone's actions
equinoctial week (when Buddhist services are held); Buddhist services during the equinoctial week; nirvana
don't worry about it; never mind; that's OK
maintenance; preservation; improvement