magnification; enlargement; expansion; amplification
clothing; articles of clothing; apparel
selling area; counter; section; favorable time to sell; good time to sell
slightly (blushing); suddenly (getting bright, flaring up, flashing on, etc.); distractedly
café; cafe; coffeehouse; hostess bar (serving western alcoholic beverages; Taisho and Showa period)
parking area for bicycles
counter seat; seat at the counter
to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on
to stick; to get stuck; to be unavailable; to be busy; to be piled up (e.g. of work); to halt (in one's speech)
explosion; detonation; eruption; eruption (of discontent, etc.); outburst; outpouring
heart; guts; nerve; central part
indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)
mine (ours) for the taking; something under one's full control
to prepare oneself for the worst; to strengthen one's resolve; to accept one's fate; to prepare oneself
alright; all right; right on; looking good; OK; okay
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to
to turn; to rotate; to pass around; to send around; to move (someone or something to where its needed); to send; to turn (to a new use)
undesirable friend; bad company; bad companion; partner-in-crime (i.e. good friend); close friend; buddy
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
to be flabbergasted; to be dumbfounded
space alien; alien; extraterrestrial being
person one is dating; significant other; partner; boyfriend; girlfriend
trembling with fear; filled with trepidation
large-pupilled; dark-eyed; having large irises
(looking) blankly; vacantly; dazedly; (staring) in puzzlement; with a look of amazement
taking a long time; slowness; sluggishness; lack of firmness; looseness; slovenliness
flat; level; flat (e.g. in 10 seconds flat); exactly; flat; flat
space; room; vacancy; opening; free time; time to spare
frame (e.g. of film, panel in a comic, etc.); scene; time block (e.g. of a class schedule)