buying a CD, book, etc. because of the cover
to switch (secretly); to substitute; to sidestep (an issue)
brittle; fragile; easily cracked; perishable
fractionation; batching; isolation
gift for close relatives or friends (given on the occasion of a family celebration); family celebration; private celebration
nanosecond; billionth of a second; ns
out of necessity; with no other option; perforce; unavoidably; reluctantly; unwillingly
sekai-kei (genre of manga, anime, etc.)
filling in (e.g. between speakers at a meeting, acts at a show); material used to fill in (between speeches at a meeting, etc.); anecdote
cultural center; cultural centre
pile; stilt; column; building raised on columns
university graduate; college graduate
carefree; free from worry
to become sexually aware; to awaken to sex
celebration of complete recovery from illness
going out; one's best clothes; formal (e.g. language); best (behaviour, manners, etc.)
jobless university graduate
direct selling; direct sales
shōchū highball; cocktail of shōchū with tonic water
Public Employment Security Office
hard to see; obscure; indistinct; illegible
announcement; presentation; demonstration; displaying; showing; introducing
inversion of the word order in a sentence; anastrophe
postponement; moving back
program name (television); program identification
to saw off; to interrupt; to suspend; to discontinue
lovers talk; sweet nothings