clothing and accessories; attire
disadvantage; handicap; unfavorable position
to degenerate; to lapse into
strict; formal; strait-laced; stuffy; prudish; serious
buying; shopping; buyer; purchase
specialist shop; shop specializing in a particular type of product
college of the arts; university of the arts; art university
procurement; purchase; buying; school store; co-op; school canteen
gō; traditional unit of volume, approx. 180 ml; gō; traditional unit of area, approx 0.33 square meters; one-tenth of the distance from the base to the summit of a mountain; conjunction; sum
log; dace (Tribolodon hakonensis); test subject (of human experiments performed by Unit 731 during WWII); (arch.) prostitute dressed as a Buddhist nun
boom; bang; wham; Oh my God!; What a shock!
to slide; to slip off; to get dislocated; to drag; to pull
not watching where one is driving; not keeping one's eyes on the road
to place both hands on the ground (to express respect, apology or to present a request)
with a boom; with a crash; with a rumble
to hang one's head; to droop one's head
earnest apology; humble apology; apologizing profusely
handling things like an adult; behaving like a mature grown-up
hero; the brave; man of valour (valor)
cancelling (a debt); forgiving (a debt); being even; forgetting (what was said or done); pretending (something never happened)
teacher; instructor; professor
distant look; faraway look
certain amount; some; certain person; Mr So-and-so; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
emphasizing (a point, argument, etc.); stressing; insistence; arguing strongly (for, against)
Chinese martial arts; kung fu; wushu; kenpō (martial arts); kempo
eating strange food; eating bizarre things; simple diet; plain food; eating meat (thus breaking Buddhist rules)
daylight saving time; daylight savings time; summer time
safe; in (of a ball, in tennis, etc.); all right; OK
combo (esp. a small jazz group); combination; set; combo (set of actions performed in sequence)
chop (pork, lamb, etc.); chop; chop (in tennis or table tennis); chop stroke
to bring back; to restore
large; large-sized; large-scale; big
international; diplomatic intercourse
nape (of the neck); nucha