invalid; void; ineffective; unavailable
price decision; price setting; pricing
coffee shop; tearoom; coffee lounge; kissaten; traditional type of coffee shop with a retro atmosphere
turnover rate (merchandise, capital)
essentially nonexistent; virtually nil
to call (someone) to (the door, phone, etc.); to tell (someone) to come; to call up (on the phone); to invoke (e.g. a subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)
binding; regulation; limit; binding period (e.g. phone or broadband contract); minimum contract term
loose; lenient; lax; gentle (curve, slope, etc.); slow; weak; soft
which reminds me ...; come to think of it ...; now that you mention it ...; on that subject ...; so, if you say ...
any and every thing; altogether; lock, stock, and barrel; the whole shooting match; the whole kit and caboodle; without reserve
report; notification; registration
field of flowers; flower garden; flower bed
to endure; to keep out (e.g. rain); to pull through; to get over; to surpass; to outdo
to come to like; to become fond of; to fall in love
gentle; mild; meek; tender
to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to seduce
to wake up; to awake; to perk up; to awaken (to the truth, etc.); to come to a realization; to come to one's senses
contiguous (of land); adjoining; adjacent; continuous (with); connected (without a break); seamlessly linked
foreign matter; impurities
must not do; should not do; do not do
to warm oneself; to sun oneself; to warm up; to get warm
to take off one's clothes; to undress; to strip naked; to become naked
two characters; two letters; (arch.) garlic chives (Allium tuberosum); (arch.) Chinese chives
30th day of the month; 30 days
nori; laver; edible seaweed, usu. Porphyra yezoensis or P. tenera, usu. dried and pressed into sheets
strenuous effort; hard struggle; working hard; hard fighting; fierce fighting
to make frantic efforts; to make an all-out effort; to try desperately
to get dark; to grow dark; to end (of a day, year, season, etc.); to come to an end; to be sunk in (e.g. despair); to be lost in (e.g. thought)
admonitory speech (e.g. to students); words of admonition
to be moreish; to have a quality that encourages you to eat (drink) more of them after; to have lingering effects
to mount up; to pile up; to accumulate; to increase
to disentangle; to untangle; to unravel; to relax; to soften; to relieve (e.g. stress, tension)
educational quotient; EQ; emotional quotient; EQ; equalizer; equaliser
granted that; even if; even though
to dominate (usu. one's husband)
death by crushing; being crushed to death