price without taxes added; price before tax
you'll have to pay for it; the bill will come due; there's no escaping
to substitute for; to stand in for; to fill in for
unframed painting; unframed drawing; suddenly coming up from behind and overtaking on the outside (keirin)
minke whale; piked whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata)
Silver Week (any long string of Japanese public holidays other than Golden Week)
check of someone's ability; test of someone's ability
object or shape that symbolizes the vow of a buddha or bodhisattva to save all life
udumbara (mythical Indian plant often identified with the cluster fig, Ficus glomerata); something very rare (from the legend that the udumbara flowers once in 3000 years); Japanese fiber banana flower; green lacewing eggs
Cintamani stone; wish-fulfilling jewel
GIF; graphics interchange format
sponging (e.g. off one's parents); sponger
public transportation; public transport
standard-sized automobile; full-sized car; ordinary vehicle
standby screen (on a mobile phone); (phone) wallpaper
this world; present world (as opposed to the realm of the dead)
miser; cheapskate; skinflint
blackmail; extortion; racketeering; blackmailer; extortionist
(arch.) large jewel; (arch.) string of jewels; Yasakani no Magatama (the grand jewel or string of jewels; one of the three Imperial regalia)
nuclear power; nuclear state
800; eight hundred; multitude; large number
the whole year's plans should be made on New Year's Day
Akasagarbha (bodhisattva)
to extract essence by boiling; to extract flavor; to decoct
as is usual with; in common with
flexible-hours system; flextime; flexitime
hard glass; hardened glass
bit (horse mouthpiece); second stroke in the Eight Principles of Yong; rightward stroke
wrong; groundless; different; separate; unexpected; surprising
Susanoo-no-Mikoto (deity, younger brother to Amaterasu)
according to ...; ... says
tumbler; self-righting doll