flute; fife; pipe; whistle
pavement café; sidewalk café; open-air café
immense; awesome; enormous; terrific
tailor; seamstress; dressmaker; clothier
imitation; similar article; similar goods
claim (for compensation); customer complaint seeking compensation; (general) complaint; objection
plot; intrigue; scheme; conspiracy; agreement between two or more people to commit an unlawful act
quick change; quick transformation; metamorphosis; turning suddenly into
difficult to obtain; difficult to get
to notify; to advise; to inform
to turn a deaf ear to; to not listen to; to not get the message
fighting with real swords; game played in real earnest
to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to look down on (someone); to make fun of
to search for; to seek for; to look for
stingy; mean; narrow-minded; petty; shabby; poor
life or death struggle; mortal combat; struggle to the death
clear layer of fluid (at the top of a mixture); supernatant liquid; supernate
having sticky fingers; compulsive thievery; habitual movement of one's hands; marks from being handled often
press corps; group of reporters
erasure; striking off; crossing out; cancellation; deletion
crossing without meeting (e.g. letters in the post, people on the road); going astray; difference of opinion; misunderstanding; estrangement
(as for (that)) thing; (given (that)) thing; matter; (it is a ...) thing; matter; fact
presumptuous; impertinent; impudent; ridiculous; laughable; absurd
age difference; disparity in age; age gap
to break by hand (e.g. a flower); to break off (a twig); to pluck (a flower, a bud); to make a young woman one's own thing
interview (i.e. television, newspaper, etc.)
good-luck meal (eaten before a competition, etc.)
proceeding to the capital (Tokyo)
to lead; to take the lead; to be in a top position
buying and eating sweets (esp. children); between-meal snacking