receipt; coupon; bond; check
false nose; artificial nose
Japanese film; Japanese painting
to use as a pretext; to use as an excuse for doing something
lonely person; someone who easily succumbs to loneliness
negative thinking; pessimism
employee discount; corporate discount; company discount
warthog (Phacochoerus aethiopicus)
Ring of Fire (circum-Pacific volcanic belt)
white tiger (var. of Bengal tiger); bleached tiger
build-to-order manufacturing; BTO
rendezvous; meeting; area where guests gather before the start of a tea ceremony; waiting room; (arch.) meeting place for assignations, drinking, etc.
one's star; one's fortune or destiny
to tie; to link; to connect; to correlate
things depend on how you look at them
passing university entrance exams in the last year of high school (instead of failing then taking gap year(s))
military clash; military conflict; military confrontation
cooking stove; burner (gas, electric, etc.); range; cooktop; hob
storage; warehouse; depot
immediate (effect, result, etc.); instant; instantaneous; prompt
cheese for melting; melting cheese
cause of a disease; root of an evil
not at all tense; relaxed; calm
rationing; rationing system
hurried recruitment; urgent recruitment
to be formal; to be ceremonious; to stand on ceremony
not knowing when to give up; being a bad loser; poor at letting things go; unable to accept the inevitable
iai; art of drawing one's sword, cutting down one's opponent and sheathing the sword afterwards; iai sword-drawing performance (used during the Edo period to sell medicine and other wares)
duration; running time (e.g. in film)
curiously enough; oddly enough; strange to tell
possibility of participation; participation possibility
stereotype; preconceived idea; preconceived notion
to excel in one thing; to be a master in an art
to have a drink; to grab a drink
clerical position (e.g. in the civil service); general office work