chattering; talk; idle talk; chatty; talkative; chatterbox
gyudon; rice covered with sliced beef, usu. with fried onion
part-time job; side job; part-time worker; albite
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
super-; ultra-; extremely; really; of course; definitely
individual; distinctive; unique; characteristic; personal; idiosyncratic
commodity; article of commerce; goods; stock; merchandise
sale; sales; selling; marketing
habit (usu. a bad one); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
essential; important; crucial; vital; main
(printed) instructions; manual; explanatory leaflet (pamphlet, note); description
one-by-one; separately; every single; each and every; without omission
occurrence; incidence; generation (of power, heat, etc.); production; ontogeny; development
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
affable; amiable; sociable; agreeable
good; OK; all right; fine; very well; will do
polite; courteous; civil; careful; close; thorough
serving customers; looking after visitors; reception
observation; survey; watching
rate; ratio; proportion; percentage
to (happen to) see; to notice; to catch sight of
cloth; fabric; dough; batter; inherent quality; one's true character; unglazed pottery
comfortable; easy; calm; loose; spacious
to put on clothes; to wear clothes; to be the personification of
sleeve; wing (of a stage, desk, gate, etc.); flap (of a dust jacket)
dress; one-piece (e.g. swimsuit)
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
waist; waistline; waist measurement
obi (kimono sash); obi (strip of paper looped around a book, CD, etc. containing information about the product); band; belt; cingulum; radio or television program broadcast in the same time slot on all or most days
layering (clothing); wearing one garment over another
colour usage; color usage; use of colour
showy; loud; flashy; gaudy
to wear (from the shoulders down); to put on; to take (the blame, responsibility); to bear
individuality; personality; quirk; idiosyncrasy; character; individual characteristic
direction (of a play, film, etc.); production; organization (of an event); arrangement; staging (for effect)
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
men and women; man and woman; both sexes; both genders
together; jointly; at the same time; with; both
to grow long (e.g. hair, nails); to lengthen; to extend; to reach out; to hold out; to straighten; to smooth out
especially; particularly; above all; portioning out (servings of food)