openly and secretly; helping in all ways
ignoring a text message by leaving it unopened and marked as "unread" (in online chatting)
flop (e.g. movie); total failure; box office bomb
party to welcome (e.g. new employees) and send off (e.g. retiring employees)
morning coat; cutaway coat; morning dress (as opposed to evening dress)
business school (in a university); faculty of commerce
epic film; big-budget movie
planning stage; planning stages
listening to once; hearing once
Saizeriya (abbr) (Italian restaurant chain)
figure of speech; rhetorical flourish
making a loss; incurring a deficit
crossed eyes; convergent strabismus
plastic food models used by restaurants
misedashi; debut of an apprentice geisha; ceremony in which a shikomi becomes a maiko
Golden Week (early-May holiday season in Japan)
middle grades of primary school (third and fourth grades)
early; a little earlier than usual; a little faster than usual; slightly quicker
swipe (multi-touch screen interface); swipe; sweeping blow
Hinamatsuri (March 3); Girls' Festival; Dolls' Festival
wastebasket; wastepaper basket
projection; reflection; image; match; harmony
irrespective of the occasion; indiscriminately
reading but not responding to a text message (in a chat application); leaving (someone) on read
to lose a battle to win the war; to incur damage so as to inflict greater damage on a foe; (lit.) to allow one's flesh to be cut in order to sever another's bone
to become clear; to be made public