customer service office; CSO
toll-free number; free dial (e.g. device or combination lock that can be set to any number)
development; growth; development (of a situation, story, etc.); advancement; playing around; having an active sex life
gomasio; gomashio; roasted sesame seed and salt mixture; salt-and-pepper hair; dark hair streaked with gray
maternity nerves; maternity neurosis
to walk away; to saunter off
there's no other way; there are no other options; there are no alternative means
zaru soba (soba served on a bamboo draining basket with dipping sauce)
fetching balls (tennis, baseball, etc.); ball boy
half-holiday; taking half of the day off
book with the look and layout of a magazine
pinky swear; pinky promise; making a pledge by hooking each other's little fingers
stationery shop; a stationer
propelling pencil; mechanical pencil
person who makes unreasonable complaints to a company; incessant complainer; chronic complainer
dawn; daybreak; beginning
childish; child-like; innocent; naive
endless; boundless; innumerable; endless; never-ending; going on forever
stuffed toy; stuffed animal; plush toy; soft toy; cuddly toy
arrival chime (of an elevator, train, etc.)
to smell sweet; to be fragrant
tousled; shaggy (hair); scraggly (beard); dishevelled; disheveled; unkempt
just past noon; afternoon
oyakodon; chicken and egg on rice; threesome including a mother and her daughter
mackerel (esp. the chub mackerel, Scomber japonicus); server (in an online game)
gold mine; treasure trove; golconda; (lit.) mountain of treasures
need not; (not) have to; need not have; need not exist
pinky swear; pinky promise; hooking each other's little fingers to confirm a promise
necessities; necessary article; requisite; essentials
forming a circle; circular formation (orig. in battle); huddle; ring
thoughtless; rash; hasty; imprudent
look who's talking; you're one to talk; you can talk
and yet; though; when; in spite of
don't worry about it; never mind; that's OK
earpick; ear cleaning (with an earpick)
pardon me for leaving (first)
beep; honk (car horn); buzz (buzzer); boo (wrong answer, like buzzer on quiz shows)