(Japanese) feature phone; traditional Japanese-style cell phone (in contrast to smart phones)
carrying (on one's person or in the hand); mobile phone; cell phone
to blow upon; to breathe on; to pick (a fight); to force (unreasonable terms); to exaggerate; to overcharge
breath; sign (of something new and fresh); breath (of spring, fresh air, etc.); vitality
circuit (electric); cycle (e.g. Krebs cycle)
falling behind (with a payment); being in arrears; non-payment; default; delinquency
hook (high point of a song); chorus
to slip out; to sneak away; to break into the lead; to get ahead; to begin to fall out (e.g. hair); to break out (of a loop)
to spoil; to ruin; to destroy; to make a mess of
to reconsider; to rethink; to reassess
sudden rise; steep climb; zoom; trending
study of foreign languages; linguistics
not at all; don't worry about it; forget about it
by nature; naturally; by birth; innately; congenitally
sense of rhythm; rhythmical sense
nori; laver; edible seaweed, usu. Porphyra yezoensis or P. tenera, usu. dried and pressed into sheets
marguerite (Chrysanthemum frutescens); Japanese women's hairstyle comprised of a long braid tied up in a loop with a ribbon (ca. 1885)
to write down; to make a note of; to put on record; to chronicle
big fan (of something or someone); great fan
Jon; John; Gjon; Jonathan
imitative sound (in film, theatre, etc.); sound effect
once in a while; occasionally; seldom; at long intervals
greater than ...; bigger ...
unconfirmed; unidentified
unidentified flying object; UFO
space alien; alien; extraterrestrial being
alien (from another planet)
irrational (line of) argument
to combine; to join; to tie on; to attach with a knot; to bind (e.g. an address)
head-on; to one's face; squarely; directly; flatly (e.g. refuse)
difference; disagreement; conflict; clash; discrepancy; inconsistency
study; pursuit of knowledge
moderately; in moderation
presenter (e.g. of a paper); speaker
watching while standing (e.g. a play)