latest; newest; late-breaking (news)
to gnaw; to nibble; to bite; to dabble in; to know a little bit about; to learn a little of
to listen repeatedly; to listen again; to ask a question in return; to ask again; to ask for a repeated explanation
to appear on the market; to be in season (e.g. of fruit); to circulate widely; to make the rounds; to go around
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
murmur; mutter; murmuring; tweet; Twitter post
high-quality goods; luxury item
newcomer; new figure; new member; modern humans (from Cro-Magnon man onwards); Homo sapiens
debt; loan; liabilities; number of games under the .500 mark
ordering (materials); placing an order; order
to handle; to manage; to deal with; to rear; to look after
city; Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly
to be erected; to be built
board; plank; sheet (of metal); plate (of glass); cutting board; chopping board
pipe; tube; counter for injection ampoules
price; cost; charge; payment; bill; fee
to include (in a group or scope); to instruct; to make one understand; to include (a nuance); to put in (an implication); to put in (someone's) mouth
initial costs; up-front costs; front-end costs; start-up costs
800,000; eight hundred thousand
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
repayment; reimbursement; refund; redemption
of course; certainly; naturally
permission; approval; authorization; license
distinction; differentiation; discrimination; difference
to arouse someone's interest; to whet (appetite); to be appealing; to be intriguing; to be fascinating
question; inquiry; enquiry
to connect; to tie; to fasten; to transfer (phone call)
to come to realize; to become aware (of)
one (thing); one piece; one item
end; conclusion; last; final; once ...; the moment ... (, that's it)
mouthful; morsel; gulp; sip; one word; in short
both; both sides; both parties
generally; on the whole; general; rough; outline; main points
very hard; with utmost effort; as hard as one can; with all one's might; for dear life; eagerly
to gather up; to scrape up together; to rake
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
pork-cutlet sandwich; tonkatsu sandwich
to begin (doing); to start; to set about; to get down to
to become thin; to lose weight; to slim; to become impoverished (of soil); to become sterile; to become infertile
eating heavily; hearty eating; binge eating; big eater; trencherman; gormandizer
imagination; supposition; guess
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason