designer (esp. haute couture, etc.)
price per unit of area; price per square meter (metre)
that was a good one!; good pun!; what a stinger!; (lit.) one zabuton
mudskipper (Boleophthalmus pectinirostris); goggle-eyed goby
business owner; entrepreneur
hotel in the center of the city
before and after (e.g. photos)
large bathhouse with many different services; deluxe public bath
metropolitan tramway; tram operated by the metropolitan government (esp. Tokyo)
land shark; land speculator
news; tidings; information; correspondence; letter
workshop; training course
padding with cotton; garment padded with cotton; wadded clothes
positive thinking; optimism
buying up plots of land by force to resell at a large profit; land sharking; raising the ground level (with fill)
arguments for and against; pros and cons; mixed reception; mixed reviews
effective temperature; wind-chill index (factor)
waste of labor or energy; waste of labour; vain effort
main; principal; main dish; main course; main part; principal part
excerpt; extract; annotation; shō (unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml)
to take a position (e.g. on an issue); to adopt a stance
paper doll to which children pray for fine weather (usu. white, and shaped like a Buddhist priest)
something to wear; clothes
white-eye family of birds (Zosteropidae); Japanese white-eye (Zosterops japonicus)