miscellaneous goods; general goods; sundries
showcase; display case; vitrine
dust jacket; book jacket; dust wrapper; dust cover
affable; amiable; sociable; agreeable
chestnut rice; rice boiled with chestnuts
chikuzenni; simmered chicken and vegetables; chicken stew with taro, carrot, burdock, etc.
slight cold; bit of a cold; touch of a cold; lingering cold
yatsuhashi; cinnamon-seasoned rice flour cracknel (local delicacy in Kyoto); zigzag bridge
reference book; study-aid book; supplemental textbook; student handbook
accent (of one's speech); dialect; provincialism; corrupted form (e.g. of word); mispronunciation
sooner or later; in due time; in due course
dessert stomach; having room for dessert despite being full
protection; safeguard; shugo (Kamakura or Muromachi period military governor)
to shave off (esp. concrete); to take a percentage; to take a cut
stepwise; one step at a time
sneaker; sneakers; trainers
craftsman; artisan; tradesman; worker; workman
sensitivity; sensibility; susceptibility; receptivity
(national) capital (city); metropolis
based on; built on; made from
suitcase; trunk; trunk (of a car); boot; (trunk) line
collapsing in the middle of a bout; breaking down (while in the middle of something); faltering halfway
to listen carefully; to strain one's ears
tightly; exactly; precisely; close-fitting (e.g. suit); firm (body); lean
to give up; to admit defeat; to throw in the towel
escape from reality; escapism; ostrichism
War and Peace (1869 novel by Leo Tolstoy)
volume number; reel number; number of volumes; number of reels; a set number of scrolls to be read by a Buddhist monk