remainder of the year; rest of the year
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
beauty salon; beauty-treatment clinic
innocence; mind free of obstructive thoughts; detachment; insentient; pestering (someone for money, etc.); asking
nod; inclination of the head
the nth ...; divisions of a kabuki performance
attending (school, college, etc.); being enrolled; being a student
information technology; IT
to start (something); to start up; to launch (a business); to boot (a computer); to launch (a program)
soft; software; soft hat; felt hat; soft serve ice cream; softball
voice recognition; speech recognition
input; (data) entry; typing
recognition; awareness; perception; understanding; knowledge; cognition
periodic; regular; routine
automatic; intransitive verb
operating together; working together; being linked (to); being tied (to); being connected (with); interlocking
function; facility; faculty; feature
change; conversion; transformation; transformation
mascot; poster boy; poster girl; brand ambassador
to burst into bud; to sprout; to have a crush (esp. on a fictional character, idol, etc.); to be infatuated
writing; composition; essay; sentence
symbol used as a placeholder (either because a number of other words could be used in that position, or because of censorship); certain; unnamed; undisclosed
head office; main office; main shrine; this company; this shrine
price increase; rise in price
outside one's field; out of one's line; (sibling) from a different mother
achievement; performance; results; work; contribution
weak (constitution); sickly; feeble; in poor health
unfit; unsuitable; unmarketable
recovery; regaining; getting back; retrieval; restoration; revival
to brace one's core (e.g. when carrying something heavy); to bear down; to exert oneself; to push oneself; to pay generously (for); to splurge (on)
video game (played on a home console)
to go around; to make a circle around; to surround; to circle; to come around (of a season, anniversary, turn, etc.); to return
poverty-stricken; destitute; poor; penurious