coincidence; agreement; conformity; consistency; cooperation
to take a long hard look at; to look (someone) full in the face
to read the situation; to sense the mood
errand; mission; messenger; bearer; familiar spirit; use
snappingly; with a snap; merely ...; having just ...
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
to be useful; to be helpful; to serve the purpose
image (in one's mind); impression; (computer) image; depiction (e.g. of a product); rendition
handmade; homegrown; hand-crafted; homemade
to be popular; to come into fashion; to be prevalent; to spread widely (e.g. disease); to flourish; to thrive
to be saved up (of money)
short sword; dagger; stiletto; hour hand (of a clock)
oh; ho; exclamation of surprise, admiration, etc.; hoo (owl call); toot (sound of a flute)
right or wrong; good or bad; quality; having both merits and demerits; having both advantages and disadvantages
only; just; since; after; remaining (in a particular state)
about to start out; just about to leave or go out; outing; trip
date (with someone); (social) outing (for two); date night; date (day)
a long time (since the last time); first in a long time
holiness; sacredness; sanctity; dignity
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
buying; shopping; buyer; purchase
smartly dressed; stylish; someone smartly dressed; to dress up; to be fashionable
shopping; purchased goods
Japanese word constructed of elements from one or more English terms; pseudo-English word or phrase coined in Japan; wasei eigo
to bewilder; to perplex; to puzzle; to tempt; to seduce
to become better; to improve
to have an interest (in something); to feel inclined (toward doing something)
to be good (at); to go well; to look (taste, etc.) good; to hold one's liquor; to be able to hold one's drink
it's not like; it isn't as if
to call for somebody; to come for someone; to pick someone up
consciousness; becoming aware (of); awareness; mano-vijnana (mental consciousness, cognizer of sensory information)
back; reverse; rear side; height; stature; ridge (of a mountain)
shortcut; short-cut hairstyle for women
with a rustling sound; rippling (of a stream, etc.); murmuring; slurping down (ochazuke); quickly and easily (e.g. write a letter); with ease
to smell; to smell of; to have a smell
to comb out; to brush; to untangle; to unravel
absent-mindedly; vacantly; idly; lazily