to use X as a selling point
manners; behavior; behaviour
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
tray; family; household; O-Bon; Bon Festival; gambler's den
below one's eyes; under one's eyes; length (of a fish) from eyes to tail fin
freckles; buckwheat chaff
mistress (of the house); hostess; landlady; proprietress
smell (esp. a good smell); fragrance; scent; aroma; perfume
yes?; no?; isn't it?; is it?
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
flavor; flavour; charm; appeal; experience; taste (e.g. of victory)
a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)
wood; woods; forest; bunch (of something); cluster; line
to parry; to sidestep; to dodge
to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
to sew; to stitch; to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)
substitution; material; price; margin (e.g. for stapling, etc.); area required for something; (arch.) shiro (unit of land area equal to one-fiftieth of a tan; approx. 19.83 m.sq.)
false name; alias; assumed name; pseudonym
consideration; guess; conjecture; judgment; judgement
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
merchant; trader; tradesman; dealer; shopkeeper
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
jaw; chin; barb (of a fishhook)
stubble; unshaven face; beard one has because one is too lazy to shave; 5-o'clock shadow
to grow; to spring up; to sprout; to cut (teeth)
white hair; grey hair; gray hair
to find difficult to guess; to struggle to work out; to be unable to figure out
the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since
silence (not speaking); muteness
abruptly; suddenly; unexpectedly
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
household head; master; host (e.g. of a tea gathering); husband
unsociable; unfriendly; blunt; surly; curt; cold
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
master (of a house, shop, etc.); husband; sir; boss; patron of a mistress, geisha, bar or nightclub hostess; sugar daddy
madly in love; head over heels; fanatically doting; collapsed; out of spirits
to bend; to flutter; to wave; to yield to; to be swayed by; to bow to