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
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)
half-holiday; taking half of the day off
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
endless; boundless; innumerable; endless; never-ending; going on forever
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
beep; honk (car horn); buzz (buzzer); boo (wrong answer, like buzzer on quiz shows)
to carry on one's back; to burden oneself (e.g. with debts, responsibilities, etc.)
crying hard; crying one's eyes out; loud crying; wailing; profuse weeping
to call again; to call someone back
to become inverted; to become reversed
anyway; either way; one way or the other; whichever; whatever
misfortune; bad luck; ill luck; ill fortune
regular time; stated period
to be dispersed; to get separated
to put an end to something; to get something over with; to quit something one has been engaged in too long or to an excessive degree
sense of loss; feeling of loss
to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)