soft; software; soft hat; felt hat; soft serve ice cream; softball
custom; practice; convention; precedent
title of honour; title of honor
selling on the market (in the marketplace, in stores, etc.); making something commercially available; commercial (e.g. software); over-the-counter; off-the-shelf
sale; offering for sale; release (for sale); launch (product)
donor; contributor; provider
publicity (information) activities; public relations
to displease; to offend; to hurt (a person's) feelings
so to speak; so to call it; as it were
to knock (someone) to their feet; to knock down; to send flying; to strike; to drive away (one's sorrows, worries, etc.); to dispel
junior (at work, school, etc.); younger people; younger student
debut; doing something for the first time; starting anew; starting afresh
delivering an order; dispatch of an order; messenger; orderly; runner
world peace; peace of the world
product past its prime; TV show, video game, etc. that has jumped the shark
long-awaited; much-awaited
voice quality; type of voice
I don't know ...; how about ...?; I wonder; what about ..?
Warring States period (of Japanese history, approx. 1467-1568 CE); Sengoku period; Warring States period (of Chinese history, 403-221 BCE); era of vicious competition
shell; husk; hull; pod; chaff
to fling; to throw off (clothes); to kick off (boots)
sight; attraction; spectacle; something worth seeing
on the occasion of; at the time of
to wait expectantly; to await in anticipation
one's personal belongings; one's vicinity; one's daily life; everyday necessities
up through; up until; down to; from ... to ... (e.g. from head to toe); everything from ... to ...
dead of night; shades of night; black of night
sting (of a bee, etc.); stinger; needle covered with poison
grain thief; sharpened tube for testing rice in bags; sashimi (sliced raw fish); stabbing; piercing
quiet (place); still; silent; inconspicuously; modestly; quietly
ordinary; common; commonplace; mediocre; unremarkable; undistinguished
each (person); individually; one by one; one at a time; in turn
to make up a shortfall; to cover a shortage; to compensate for a shortage; to fill a gap