beneficial; profitable; useful; helpful; instructive
exchange of ideas; exchange of opinions; brainstorming
beauty treatment; cosmetology; beauty salon; beauty-treatment clinic
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
administrator (of a building); manager
license; permit; licence; certificate
diet; losing weight by any method (e.g. exercise)
food; foodstuff; eating; appetite; meal; portion
fat; grease; blubber; lard; suet
flag; tag indicating a future role or status for a character in anime, games, etc. (e.g. death, love, survival)
thesis; essay; treatise; paper; article
to be boiled down; to come to a standstill; to reach an impasse; to approach a conclusion (of a discussion, investigation, etc.)
to loosen; to slacken; to relax (attention, efforts, etc.); to let down (one's guard); to relax (a rule); to ease (e.g. restrictions)
notification; pre-1886 administrative order
first experience (of something); first sexual experience
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
to lift; to turn over; to fold over
to slide into; to slip into
quilt; bedspread; cover (for a kotatsu quilt); cloak; smock; second dyeing
base of the throat; bottom of the neck
to replace; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute
when one was a very young child; very early in one's life
to ignite; to set fire to; to spark (an incident, etc.); to inflame (a situation, etc.)
poor; needy; lacking (quantity and quality-wise); poor; scanty
(not) so; (not) particularly; (not) very; (not) that much
four and a half tatami mats; four-and-a-half-mat room; small room esp. for assignations
low dining table; tea table
centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government
cover; mantle; shroud; hood
one long cylindrical thing; one film, TV show, etc.; one version; one book; a certain book; ippon; one point
match (to light fire with)
to rub; to chafe; to strike (match); to lose (e.g. a match); to forfeit; to squander one's money (e.g. through gambling, Pachinko, etc.)
The Little Match Girl (1845 short story by Hans Christian Andersen)
at that time; in those days; at that moment; then