monaural; monophonic; mono
coming home after midnight; person who comes home after midnight
order (for an item); request; demand; condition
fan service; giving one's fans what they want
Alice in Wonderland (novel by Lewis Carroll); Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
disposal; scrapping; replacement; putting on the shelf; shelving
tourist attraction; sight-seeing area
soda pop (esp. fruit-flavored); pop; (fizzy) lemonade; sweet carbonated drink
water caltrop; water chestnut; caltrop (weapon)
face; looks; vestiges; trace
odd; strange; queer; weird; bizarre
interesting; fascinating; intriguing; amusing; funny; comical
showcase; display case; vitrine
to gaze at; to fix one's eyes upon
just kidding; not!; ersatz; imitation; phony
going home from work; on the way home from work
suitable; satisfactory; desirable
to boil up; to come to the boil; to arise; to break out; to get excited; to be in uproar
and; thereupon; because of that
being independent; standing on one's own; becoming independent
economic slump; hard times; poor (business); dull; gloomy; cheerless
middle stage; middle phase; middle game; midfield
to go out for tea (or coffee, etc.)
cartoonist; comic book artist; manga artist; manga author; mangaka
questionnaire; survey; poll
haori (Japanese formal coat)
female office worker; office lady; overlap; orienteering
application; entry; request; subscription; offer; proposal
the more I think about it; the more one thinks about it
deadline; closing; cofferdam; closed (door, window, etc.)
chain (bicycle, measuring, tire, etc.); chain (store, hotel, etc.)
percussion; tapping; examining by percussion; sounding out (someone's intentions); making an approach (about)