supermarket; subtitles; telop; superheterodyne; super
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!
from now; from the present moment; from this time forward; henceforth
local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift
strap (often decorative for key-holder, mobile phones, etc.)
to be suitable; to be appropriate; to match
shabby; dull; cheap; lackluster; uninspiring; depressing
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
with hesitation; haltingly; falteringly; reluctantly
awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained
to pass (of time); to elapse
second marriage; remarriage
mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
to meet; to face someone; to co-star; to appear together; to be matched; to face against
reading while standing (in a bookstore, etc.); browsing (i.e. reading an item but not buying it)
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)
joint; knuckle; tune; melody; knot (in wood); node in a bamboo stem
betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)
originally; by nature; from the start
complete stranger; total stranger
affinity; feeling of closeness (with someone); feeling of kinship
to open one's heart; to throw off reserve; to be frank
good; fine; excellent; favorable; favourable; satisfactory
to build; to construct; to erect; to amass (e.g. fortune); to pile up
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
rush; rush hour; rush print (in films, anime, etc.); lighter aboard ship; LASH
congestion; crush; crowding; confusion; disorder
close adhesion; sticking firmly to; relating closely to; having relevance to; contact printing
ear; hearing; edge; crust; selvedge (non-fray machined edge of fabrics); selvage
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
to hang one's head; to look down; to cast one's eyes downward
to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)
to sink; to go under; to go down (e.g. sun); to set; to feel depressed; to become subdued