to build a market for; to promote (a product); to promote oneself; to sell oneself; to sell heavily
patent filing fee; patent maintenance fee; royalty; patent usage fee
to faint; to lose consciousness; to be in a daze; to feel overwhelmed; to feel exhausted
to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to leverage (skills, attributes, experience, etc.); to restore (a deleted passage; in proofreading)
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it; that sort of (thing mentioned immediately prior)
distinction; differentiation; discrimination; discrimination (against people)
to have troubles; to have concerns
chrysanthemum (Chrysanthemum morifolium)
marguerite (Chrysanthemum frutescens); Japanese women's hairstyle comprised of a long braid tied up in a loop with a ribbon (ca. 1885)
to give flowers as a gift
and also; and on top of that; so (I take it that ...); then ...; (arch.) in that case; (arch.) if so
to come to a dead end; to come to a standstill; to reach a deadlock; to reach an impasse; to reach a stalemate
to a surprising degree; to a remarkable extent; surprisingly; astonishingly; amazingly; alarmingly
dandelion (esp. species Taraxacum platycarpum)
root (of a plant); stump (of a tree); root (of a problem, etc.); base
to view (cherry) blossoms; to look at flowers
language of flowers (e.g. the use of red roses to signify love); floriography
cyclamen (esp. species Cyclamen persicum)
to have heard somewhere; to sound familiar
method of bringing up; method of raising
regular customer; valued client
you learn, without realising it, from what is around you; (lit.) a shop-boy near the temple gate will recite sutras untaught
as much as possible; unbeatably; unsurpassably
bar; saloon; pub; tavern; drinking establishment
common gypsophila (Gypsophila elegans); baby's breath; babies' breath; soaproot
event; phenomenon; matter
to open one's eyes wide (in astonishment, wonder, etc.); to be wide-eyed; to be amazed
therefore; consequently; accordingly; for that reason
becoming stereotyped; becoming tedious; becoming repetitive; becoming routine; getting stuck in a rut; humdrum
sense of anticipation; feeling of expectation; feeling of hope
lily (Lilium spp.); yuri; genre of comics and novels about female homosexuality
to misperceive visually; to misread; to mistake for something or someone else
selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful
courting; wooing; making advances