opening a new shop; opening a shop (for the day)
no matter how you put it; whatever the circumstances may be; say what you like; no matter how you look at it
not the time for; not the place for; far from; anything but; ... is out of the question; ... isn't the word for it
outer canthus; outer corner of the eye
small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive
expert; learned person; doctor; PhD; instructor at the imperial court (ritsuryo period); pitch and length marks (to accompany a Buddhist liturgical chant, etc.)
release (e.g. information); disclosure (legal); show; indication; display
demand; firm request; requisition; requirement; desire
to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)
to puzzle over; to think deeply about; to rack one's brains over (wrack)
isn't it?; don't you think?; right?; surely; come on
hard (life); tough (world)
to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; ... with one another; ... to each other
to give directions; to issue instructions
bringing; taking; carrying
rear; rear unit guard; anchor (man)
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship
to make round; to roll up; to seduce; to cajole; to round off (a fraction); (arch.) to lump together
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
street corner; road turn; bend in the road; turning point; watershed
accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons
large number; innumerable; great many; immense; vast; abundant
bleeding; haemorrhage; hemorrhage; bleeding money; red ink; selling below cost
to protrude; to stick out; to be forced out; to be pushed out; to go over (e.g. a budget); to go beyond
glance; look; glimpse; complete view; bird's-eye view
another; one more; not quite; not very good; lacking
jacket; book jacket; dust cover; CD jacket; record jacket
kapow; bang; bulging; filled to bursting; prostitute (catering to Occupation soldiers in Japan after WWII)
being startled, surprised or afraid; panic; trepidation
to approach; to draw near
to look at again; to re-examine (policy, estimate, plan, etc.); to review; to get a better opinion of; to see in a more positive light; to improve