(short) curtain hung at shop entrance; split curtain used to divide spaces in a house; reputation (of a store); good name; goodwill
season (period in which regulated games are played); season (division of the year); season (of a TV show, etc.); season (for doing something, e.g. ski season, entrance examination season)
potato chips; potato crisps
cola (carbonated soft drink); kola tree (Cola acuminata, etc.); cola tree
to drink; to swallow; to smoke (tobacco); to swallow up; to engulf; to suppress (one's anger, bitter feelings, etc.); to keep down
tediously; persistently; lazily; idly; (boiling) to a pulp; to a mash
to put on weight; to gain weight; to grow fat; to get stout
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence; pretense; (a customer) coming to restaurant, ryokan, etc. without a reservation or introduction
space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)
last night; yesterday evening
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly; less and less
to sell (well); to be well known; to be popular; to be famous
it seems that ...; it appears that ...; is like ...; is similar to ...
(sense of) reality; realness; realism; authenticity; viability
to wear (a sword, decoration, etc.); to carry; to be entrusted with (a mission); to be charged with; to have (a quality, property, etc.); to have a trace of
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
until now; till now; up to now; up to the present; so far
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
probably not; probably won't; intend not to; will not; trying not to; attempting not to; whether you ... or not
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
case; occasion; situation; circumstances
to run away; to flee; to avoid (a question, responsibility, etc.); to evade; to win without being overtaken; to hold off the other contenders (until the finish)
place; location; room; space; sumo tournament
then; and (then); in that case; if so
section manager; section chief
(a) stop (e.g. in a timber joint, or at the end of a kanji stroke); remaining (e.g. poste-restante); forty-five degree angle
long ago; a long time ago; already
dream; dream; hope; unrealistic aspiration; daydream; delusion
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
same; identical; equal; anyway; in any case; if one must ...
warrior; soldier; samurai
to close (one's eyes); to shut
cancellation of a contract
insurance; guarantee; warranty
unnecessary; not needed; not necessary
bottom of one's heart; depths of one's mind; innermost thoughts; from the bottom of one's heart; wholeheartedly; truly
look!; see!; here!; there!; hey!