superior; excellent; brilliant; outstanding
unprepared; careless; imprudent; indiscreet
putting on the market; putting on sale; making commercially available; commercial; off-the-shelf; store-bought
commercialization; commodification; turning (something) into a product
bashfully; hesitantly; fidgety; restlessly; squirming; wriggling
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance
well-known only to those in the know; well-known but to the few; well-known to a connoisseur
genius; prodigy; natural gift
to aggravate; to complicate; to make worse
first-time customer (of an inn or a restaurant); chance customer; customer without an introduction from a regular customer
stubborn; obstinate; adamant; immovable
world; society; people; the public
appropriate; suitable; fitting; apt; proper; right
compatibility; coexistence; standing together; balancing (e.g. work and family)
uneducated; ignorant; illiterate; arhat; person who has attained nirvana
thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words
(one's) inner voice; voice of one's heart; what one really thinks
to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous
as you (they, etc.) say; as you suggest; I absolutely agree
straightforwardly; readily; without hesitation
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
speech and conduct; words and actions; words and deeds; behavior; behaviour; manners
to shrink; to contract; to diminish (in size)
to go; to come; to lose; to be defeated; to be stumped (by); to be at a loss; to visit (a shrine, grave, etc.)
kapow; bang; bulging; filled to bursting; prostitute (catering to Occupation soldiers in Japan after WWII)
difficult to understand; unintelligible; abstruse
unity; consolidation; uniformity; unification; compatible
show; display; pretensions; pose; posture
vivid (memory, description, etc.); fresh; graphic; fresh (blood, scar, etc.); still new; recent
village; human habitation; human settlement
hideout; secret base of operations; safe house
person in the same line of business; people in the same trade; the trade; the profession
to start with the looks; to get the trappings right as the first step; to start (at the wrong end) by focusing on the superficial
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
anything and everything; just about everything
consistency; coherence; one kan (approx. 3.75 kg); one piece of sushi
hesitation; bewilderment; illusion; delusion; inability to reach enlightenment
silence (not speaking); muteness
opinion; view; comment; scolding; reprimand; rebuke
objection; refutation; rebuttal; counterargument
all you want; as much as one wants