promotion; encouragement; fostering; unwanted help (usu. unintentionally harmful); unnecessary help; disservice
to negotiate (with someone about); to talk over (something with); to tackle someone (about); to throw on each other; to splash (water) on each other; to pour on each other
self-praise; praising oneself
to bring to a finish; to bind firmly; to superintend
procurement; purchase; buying; school store; co-op; school canteen
solid body; three-dimensional object; multi-storey car park
even more; still more; one step; one rung; one paragraph; one passage
a long time (since the last time); first in a long time; it's been a long time; long time no see
as usual; as always; as ever; as before; still
upper arm; (arch.) lower arm
flavour; flavor; taste; charm; appeal; interest
to dream (i.e. while asleep); to have a dream; to dream (of the future); to have a fleeting experience
this school; the school in question
easy; simple; informal; offhand; cheap
secret (method, trick, etc.); key (e.g. to success); mysteries (of an art, trade, etc.); recipe; trick
stand; stall; booth; kiosk; store
control; management (e.g. of a business)
thick makeup; heavy makeup
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
to come apart at the seams; to be ripped; to begin to open; to begin to bloom; to smile broadly; to break into a smile
restlessly; hurriedly; agitatedly; fidgeting
regular customer; regular patron; regular visitor; constant companion
commodity; article of commerce; goods; stock; merchandise
stagnation; hindrance; delay
tasteless; flavourless; uninteresting; dull; dry
looking for (a suitable thing or person); searching for; hunting out; picking out; shopping around for; searching (a place)
sour look; surly face; pout
small change; pocket change; coins; small sum of money
in order to; for the purpose of; must; should
to go up the stairs; to climb the stairs
fixed form; regular shape; standard-size mail
section (i.e. of text); sentence; phrase; verse (of 5 or 7 mora in Japanese poetry; of 4, 5, or 7 characters in Chinese poetry); haiku; first 17 morae of a renga, etc.; maxim
sushi; range of dishes made with vinegared rice combined with fish, vegetables, egg, etc.
brand name; trade name; product name
halfway up (down) a mountain; mountainside
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to add up to; to advance (in price)
place for dancing; dance floor; landing (of a staircase); leveling off (e.g. in the economy); cooling off
to expose one's faults; to have one's defects exposed; to show oneself up
easy; simple; easygoing; lighthearted; simplistic
catastrophe; cataclysm; collapse (of a relationship); breakup; split (friends, lovers, etc.)
link (e.g. in a chain of events); part (of a plan, campaign, activities, etc.); monocyclic