foothills; first range of mountains
your company; your shrine
ringtone; ring tone; ringback tone; ringing tone
holding hands with fingers interlocked
please (give me); please (do for me)
cannot handle (it) any longer; fed up with; enough is enough
advertising agency; advertising firm; advertising company
if I'm forced to say something; if anything; if I must say; if I must choose
revision (of a rule, price, etc.); alteration; change
regular customer; valued client
whistling (wind); blowing; fluttering (in the wind); waving; staggering; tottering
payment of a sum twice the original; giving back a gift double the value of the one received; repaying twofold; inflicting a revenge twice as hurtful (painful, costly, etc.) as the original misdeed
place near the mountains; hilly section of a city (e.g. Tokyo, Kobe, Yokohama)
creator; inventor; developer
public and private; official and personal; government and people
ringtone (of mobile phones, portable phones, cellphones, etc.)
sub; substitute; reserve; sub-
to have one's hands slip (and drop something)
to be on track; to be going to plan; to enter orbit
stoic; stoical; self-disciplined; abstemious; Stoic (philosopher)
beginning of next week (usu. Monday); early next week
in a positive sense of the word; in the best sense of the word; in a good way
vindictive; tenacious; persistent; spiteful; vengeful
halfway; midway; partway; mid-course
to be complicated; to be elaborate; (arch.) to push in; (arch.) to be crowded
coming out; going out; attending (work); appearing (on stage); start; beginning; origins
person living with a family; lodger; housemate; flatmate; roommate
people who lived in Kyushu in ancient times, and who opposed the state of Yamato
unidentified flying object; UFO
good flavor (flavour); good taste; umami (fifth category of taste in food); skill; cleverness; profit
duty; sense of duty; honor; in-law; relation by marriage
natto (fermented soybeans)
collar; color; colour; hair colouring (coloring); calla (variety of arum lily)
pretending not to see something; turning a blind eye to; burying one's head in the sand
breakup (of a ceremony, wedding, party, meeting, etc.); closure
generation of heat; (attack of) fever; pyrexia
give up; relinquish; serve up; let loose
as a child; when one was a child; childhood