changing clothes; change of clothes
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
therapeutic agent; remedy; medicine; drug; cure
present; gift; to give a present or gift
to be useful; to be helpful; to serve the purpose
roughly; approximately; (cutting) in one stroke; (breaking apart) with vigour; (cutting) deeply; (splitting) wide open
to leave as; to view as; to maintain the status quo
holiday home (apartment); holiday rental apartment (through a members-only agency)
seven tenths; seventy percent; seven hundreds; seven percent
on the road; on the street; in the street; on the way
Tokyo-Nagoya Expressway; Tomei Expressway
other than; excluding; without
ryotei; traditional Japanese restaurant (esp. a luxurious one)
financier; business leader
exquisite; superb; perfect; miraculous
tatami room; tatami mat room; formal Japanese room; dinner party in a tatami room (esp. when a geisha or maiko attends)
to stop; to quit; to put an end to
tasks; things to do; errand; business (to take care of); affairs; engagement
next (year, spring, etc.); coming; since (last month, etc.); for (20 years, etc.)
to be at a loss for words
to be pressed for time; to be pressed by urgent business; to have one's pants on fire
tatami mat; Japanese straw floor coverings
plunking (down something heavy); flumping (into a chair)
to sit cross-legged; to rest on one's laurels
to take part in (usu. something bad); to be a party to; to have a hand in
implementation (e.g. of a system); materialization; materialisation; realization; realisation; actualization
lifeline; safety rope; safety tether
almighty; highest valued card (e.g. ace of spades); wild card