apple; Apple (computer company)
citizenship; civic rights; civil rights; widespread acceptance; social recognition; common use
boisterously; roughly; briskly
patting; stroking; caressing
alternation; change; relief; relay; shift; substitution (sports, etc.)
half-moon; half a month; semicircle
Twelfth Night; Epiphany Eve
prefecture (Japan); county (China, Taiwan, Norway, etc.); department (France); province (Italy, Spain, etc.)
to use X as a selling point
love of; affection for; enthusiast for; being attractive to; being liked by
one-way (trip); one-way ticket
porcupinefish (Diodon holacanthus); balloonfish
misprint; misspelling; typo; typographical error; erratum
omitted character; omitted letter
riddled with holes; full of holes; full of flaws; full of loopholes; faulty
high rating; good reputation
stall (in flying); downturn; slowdown; slump
power; might; authority; spirits; vigor; vigour
superficial; half-hearted; shallow
Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum; ume; lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)
to become frayed; to become loose
leaving a decision to someone else (often of a meal to be selected by the chef); omakase
neurosis; nervous breakdown; mental problem; identity crisis; obsession
with a burst of strength; rapidly; in one go
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them
manner of using one's hands
PS; postscript; appending; addition (esp. of data, information)
having a meal (before doing something); fortifying oneself with a meal
eating while standing; eating at a (street) stall
manners; behavior; behaviour
sesame seeds; sesame (Sesamum indicum)
to profit; to benefit from; to take advantage of; to make good use of
cannot be compared with; no match for