to complete most of something; to take a concrete shape; for the most important parts to be done; (lit.) the nose and eyes are in place
user needs (generally in market research and IT)
(daily) segment of a radio or TV program
counter for thin, flat things (petals, leaves, etc.)
indigenous rights; aboriginal rights
seventh (interval, chord)
sex; sexual intercourse; sound of bed creaking and woman moaning
battle for sales at year-end; year-end shopping season
narrative-like structure; narrative style
word of recent origin; neologism; recent word; modern term
long distance relationship
to take photographs for later use; to shoot video for archiving
catching a cold; person with a cold
embossing a pattern; repoussé; drum signaling the end of a performance; serve (e.g. in tennis); drive (in golf); printout
clam sauce pasta; vongole (e.g. spaghetti alle vongole)
popular line (of goods); products predicted to sell well
staying up all night three nights in a row; triple all-nighter
difficult to hear; difficult to ask
sparsely eating; having a small appetite
replying to someone's email immediately
sense of the vanity of life; perception of the evanescence of life
change; metamorphosis; transformation
callback; recall (of defective products)
Tokyo Big Sight (exhibition center)
to draw off; to run out; to flush out
to be scattered around; to be all over the place
something or other; what-do-you-call-it; what-do-you-call-them; blah blah blah; yada yada yada
(data) packet; mobile broadband data; package
Japan and Britain; Japanese-British; Anglo-Japanese; Japanese-English (translation, interpretation, etc.)
soba noodles eaten at night on New Year's Eve