dead end; cul-de-sac; blind alley; end; end of the road; end point
to turn back; to go back; to come back; to return; to retrace one's steps
sampling food; tasting; trying
unusual; unwonted; uncharacteristic
white heat; incandescence; becoming excited; getting heated (e.g. of a discussion); reaching a climax
craftsman; artisan; tradesman; worker; workman
but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just
every month; each month; monthly
new work; new production; new composition; new creation; new title
to put on the market; to put out for sale; to put on sale; to become popular
particular; special; exceptional; particularly; especially; exceptionally
to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)
to be added to; to be appended; to join in (e.g. a group of friends); to participate; to increase (e.g. heat); to gain in (e.g. influence)
to sum up; to summarize; to summarise
to concern; to be related
creation; production; creative work (novel, film, etc.); fabrication; fiction; invention
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
trial product; prototype model
commercialization (e.g. product); commodification
now (esp. in contrast to the past); now at last; at present; right now
work (e.g. of art); production; harvest; cultivation; technique
to be dented; to be indented; to be beaten; to be overwhelmed; to be disheartened; to feel down
idea; conception; way of thinking; approach; expression
to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud
(an) unknown; unknown number; variable; unknown quantity; not yet known
thereabouts; vicinity; that area; that situation; those circumstances
to speak one's mind; to be frank; to tell the truth
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
to be helpful; to be useful
making; producing; appearance (attire, make-up, etc.); build; physique; sashimi
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
shhh! (sound used when getting someone to shut up); shoo! (sound used to drive animals away)
interference; meddling; butting in
useless; futile; unnecessary; needless; not on business; unrelated
flair; flash; insight; flash (of inspiration, wit, etc.); waving (e.g. of a flag in the wind)
wicked thought; wicked mind
to blow away; to blow off; to dispel; to drive away; to talk big
once; for a short time; briefly; (arch.) one morning