(personal) appearance; (personal) grooming; essential skill; required knowledge
to put in order; to arrange; to get ready; to prepare; to work out (e.g. business deal); to arrange (e.g. marriage)
female high-school student
one part; one portion; one section; one copy (e.g. of a document)
exaggeration; overstatement; saying too much; misstatement; slip of the tongue; gaffe
cram school; private tutoring school; juku
part-time employer; place where one works part-time
regular customer; regular patron; frequenter; constant companion
well-known only to those in the know; be well-known but to the few; highly regarded by a select few
hiding place; hideout; refuge; retreat; hideaway
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
coffee shop; tearoom; coffee lounge; coffeehouse; cafe
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing
injury; wound; mistake; accident; loss
to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light
fragment; broken piece; splinter; chip; shard
to collect; to assemble; to gather
these days; nowadays; present day; at this time (of the day)
student (esp. a university student)
good-looking guy; handsome man; hunk; Adonis; cool guy
fair-skinned; light-complexioned
to (happen to) see; to notice; to catch sight of
shift; move; (work) shift; work schedule; gearshift; changing gears
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
employee (of a store); shop assistant; clerk; salesperson
to wave; to shake; to sprinkle; to throw (dice); to cast (actor); to allocate (work); to turn down (somebody)
choice; selection; diagnosis; medical opinion; judgement; opinion
unwelcome; nerdish; unpopular
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
looking for a particular person or thing; searching high and low; hunting for; picking out; singling out
(non-documentary) television series; TV drama; teledrama; drama; dramatic incident; spectacle
it's different when ... but; it's not so bad when ... but
to take good care of; to treasure; to value; to hold dear; to prize; to cherish
misedashi; debut of an apprentice geisha; ceremony in which a shikomi becomes a maiko