to be commonly referred to as; as people say; as the saying is; they say
men's (fashion, wear, etc.)
ladies' (fashion, etc.); female bōsōzoku gang
Sue, Mai & Sawa: Righting the Girl Ship
here and there; in twos and threes; sporadically; now and then; from time to time; occasionally
helpless; forlorn; hopeless; unpromising; lonely; discouraging
good; fine; excellent; favorable; favourable; satisfactory
granny; grandma; gran; old lady; old woman
absurd; unreasonable; extreme; senseless; disorderly; chaotic
stochastic variable; random variable
to be profitable; to yield a profit
(turned out) all right in the end
help; rescue; salvation; solace; (religious) salvation; (Christian) grace
bad ending (in a film, novel, etc.); unhappy ending
choosing; selecting; deciding (on)
to smell; to smell of; to have a smell
new discovery; new invention
aroma; class; style; aromatherapy
to burn; to kindle; to heat (a bath); to light (a stove); to use (a camera flash)
to make a display of one's originality (eccentricity); to deliberately act oddly (e.g. to get attention)
previous engagement; prior contract
bookstore; bookshop; publisher; main building
reading partway; leaving half-read
dog-ear (of a book); dog's ear
computer terminology; computer term
to use as a pretext; to use as an excuse
propagation (e.g. a religion); proselytizing; missionary work
careful selection; careful screening; hand-picking
three (long cylindrical things); three-of-a-kind (in a dealt hand)
up through; up until; down to; from ... to ... (e.g. from head to toe); everything from ... to ...
process; course; mechanism
the end; the extremity; the limit; the limits; the result
high spirits; gleeful mood
slot machine in a pachinko parlor (parlour)
data collection; data acquisition
dynamic visual acuity; DVA; kinetic vision; ability to identify objects in motion