specialist shop; shop specializing in a particular type of product
superior; first-class; excellent; (that's) just fine!; bring it on!
to finish up; to complete; to finish off; to get through; to polish off
charm; fascination; to charm; to fascinate; to captivate
national isolation; closing the country (to foreigners); sakoku; policy of national isolation enacted by the Tokugawa shogunate
formal; stiff; strict; ceremonious
carbonic acid; carbonated water; carbonated drink; baking soda; sodium carbonate
cola (carbonated soft drink); kola tree (Cola acuminata, etc.); cola tree
family tradition; (arch.) wind blowing from the direction of one's home
wind and waves; discord; trouble; hardships
pleasant; agreeable; comfortable
shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; the background; behind the scenes
stimulant; stimulative; excitant
to employ; to hire; to take on; to charter (a car, boat, etc.); to hire
barely keeping a business going (analogy that a bicycle falls over when its wheels cease rotating)
entirely useless; completely worthless; no no; don't!
however; nevertheless; but; and yet; whereas; while
detective; investigator; sleuth; detective work; secret investigation
young child; toddler; child over 1 but not yet of school age
Western music; European music
store name; shop name; restaurant name
every evening; every night
seeing two people (i.e. romantically) at the same time; two-timing; bifurcation; fork; fence-sitting; playing it both ways
to flick off; to give (someone) the flick; to send (something) flying; to hit (a person); to knock down
violence; oppression; high-handedness; tyranny; despotism
pride; boast; credit (to)
free time; spare time; idle moment
to fall forward (of a person); to tumble forward
of (indicates possessive)
on the net; on the Internet; on the web
at first; at the outset; to begin with; as a first step
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
previous conviction; criminal record; previous offense; previous offence