coffee shop; coffeehouse; café
advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful
unrefined (character, manners); mean; vulgar; bad taste; lacking style
to have an acute sense of smell; to have a good nose (for bargains, something amiss, etc.); to have a keen nose; to have an ability to quickly uncover things
Kamen Rider (TV series, the titular character)
island; one's territory (e.g. of a sex worker, organized crime gang); one's turf
origin of a word; derivation of a word; etymology
circle; "correct"; "good"; *; _; period
wicket gate; wooden door; entrance to an entertainment venue (i.e. sumo arena, etc.)
looking depressed; long face
to put one's life on the line; to risk one's life; to put everything one has into it
groan; moan; roar; growl; buzz; hum (e.g. motor)
unconsciously; unwittingly; unawares
to follow around; to shadow; to tag along; to haunt one (e.g. feeling, failure); to follow one
to snap one's fingers; to pop one's fingers; to crack one's knuckles
substitution (for someone else); substitute; stand-in; scapegoat; sacrifice
presence of other people; (in) public; (in) front of others
to help out of (trouble); to extricate
betrayer; traitor; turncoat; informer
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
café; cafe; coffeehouse; hostess bar (serving western alcoholic beverages; Taisho and Showa period)
(one's) older sister; (one's) elder sister; girl
metamorphosis; disguise; transformation; shapeshifting; morphing
brightness; discernment; insight; eyesight; vision; nth year in the Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)
fault; error; indiscretion; faux pas
to correct; to rectify; to reform; to straighten (one's posture, collar, etc.); to adjust
the last moment; the very end
to burst open; to split open; to be bursting with (e.g. youth, laughter, flavor); to bounce; to bound
pish; pooh; I see; oh; indeed