interior furnishings shop
voice guidance; voice guide; audio guide; spoken instructions
mirin; type of sweet rice wine used in cooking
sprouting; budding; crush (esp. on an imaginary character in manga, etc.); fascination; infatuation
questionnaire results; survey results
fairyland; never-never land
gross domestic product; GDP
matter for the court; (ending up as a) lawsuit; legal tussle; court fight
general meeting of stockholders
Japanese company (business, firm)
wampee (Clausena lansium)
advertising agency; advertising firm; advertising company
to point down; to look down; to get worse; to begin to fall (e.g. of a price)
to put on a bold front; to act big; to be unyielding; to act formally; to act stiffly
foobar-style name for a dummy variable
chief executive officer; CEO
dismissal of class (at the end of the day); recess (at school); break
period (of life) when one is enjoying more romantic attention than usual
treat; banquet; feast; thank you (for the meal); that was a delicious meal
clearing one's throat; cough
to be born; to come into the world
female help; female labor; woman's handwriting; (arch.) hiragana
to live; to make a living; to get on with
flying; false start; doing something before the arranged time; breaking a street date
pressing; stamping; press (machine); the press; news media; military press (weight lifting)
all over Japan; throughout Japan
pre-made (esp. food); prepared in advance
to gaze at; to fix one's eyes upon
ringtone (of mobile phones, portable phones, cellphones, etc.)
male instincts; male frivolity