users' manual; users' guide
unreasonably demanding patient; nightmare patient
hospital bed not fully covered by national health insurance; hospital bed incurring an extra charge
(within) basic fare (of a taxi meter, without being charged for mileage)
mutual use of company facilities (e.g. rail tracks for through service, airport facilities, code-sharing, etc.)
flop (e.g. movie); total failure; box office bomb
battle for sales at year-end; year-end shopping season
exhibition of pictures; painting exhibition; art exhibition
off and on manner; intermittent style; dragging on and on
we (esp. used by merchants, etc.); my store; my shop
fan club; hobbyist club; amateur association; doujin circle
harsh; severe (e.g. criticism, verbal attack); sweeping denunciation
written word; written language
this winter; next winter; last winter
to forcefully open up a hole (in a wall, etc.); to speak frankly, holding nothing back; to throw out (everything inside)
another's affair; matter of no concern; nothing to do with one
Buddhist memorial service
to write ruby characters (small furigana above or beside kanji)
hypermeter; excess syllables in haiku, waka, etc.
to manipulate figures to one's advantage; to count wrongly on purpose; to inflate or deflate one's age
email software; email program; mail program
ehōmaki; uncut sushi roll eaten during setsubun
to turn misfortune into fortune (esp. through one's own efforts); to turn the potential disaster to one's advantage
to set out (on a journey); to start (a task)
symbol used in place of a censored word (e.g. blank, circle, X, asterisk); turn (in set-type proofing); upside-down character
breakup of diplomatic relations; diplomatic break
annotation; commentary; explanatory note
odd couple; incongruous couple
account number (bank, etc.)
outstanding; excellent; remarkable
situation of one's own doing
simplified receipt with a blank line to be filled out with the customer's name (used specifically for claiming expenses); hand-written receipt