ending; quitting; closing; ending before one had time to do something one wanted or intended to
to link (information, accounts, etc.); to associate; to connect
taking no notice of; paying no attention to
business; trade; operations; sales
sound leaking (out of headphones, etc.); sound leakage
membership; membership rights; franchise; seat (e.g. stock exchange)
regular user; person who favors (favours) (something)
to fight; to compete; to contest; to argue; to dispute heatedly
living flesh; flesh and blood; physical body of Buddha or a bodhisattva
water outlet; tap; faucet
face with no make-up; unpainted face; true face (of a country, celebrity, etc.); real face; sober face; sobriety
heterogeneity; heterogenecity
to feel right; to sit well with one; to be happy about; to suit to a T; to fit well together
undoubted; unmistakable; definite
to make a slip of the tongue; to let something slip
one scene; one frame; one shot; one cell; one panel (comic)
fearfully; timidly; nervously; cautiously; gingerly
memory; ability to remember
recitation; reciting from memory
to resonate emotionally (with one); to strike a chord; to be gut-wrenching
spread; extension; influence; aftereffect; ripple
author; writer; novelist; artist
standard language (used in government, education, etc.); standard Japanese
to exclude (someone); to shun; to ignore; to leave out; to ostracize
to pass (the night); to spend; to reveal; to divulge; to prove; to verify
to compare and contrast two alternatives; to weigh the relative merits of A and B; to weigh one's options; to try to have it both ways; to try to sit on two stools
face contorted and about to cry
to display one's real ability; to show one's real ability; to show one's stuff; to show oneself at one's best; to really shine; to come into one's own
clap (sound of wooden clappers); chop vigorously; slight movement (e.g. poke, small bird alighting); the end; originally end of a play, marked by clap of clappers; dot (esp. typographical)
in session; in progress; under way; open
to give the stamp of approval
once-in-a-lifetime encounter (hence should be cherished as such)
second (party to an agreement); the B party (e.g. in a contract); stylish; chic; strange; quaint