serviced; service-included
blunt; to the point; direct; outspoken; frank
to emit a voice; to emit a sound; to be able to speak
demonstration; presentation; stage show; performance
burning of New Year's gate decorations (usu. on the 15th day of the New Year)
something like that; sort of like that; similar to that; in that vein
not all bad; not as dissatisfied (or annoyed) as one would have others believe
gap; difference; disparity; discrepancy
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
degree of familiarity; popularity
tea drinking; teahouse; tearoom; coffee lounge
granny; grandma; gran; old lady; old woman
beat; palpitation; pulsation; throbbing
oversized (clothing); baggy; rolling in (of money); (profiting) greatly; sloshing (e.g. of water); gushing
standard; basis; criterion; norm; reference; datum
culture; civilization; civilisation; Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)
distant (from someone); aloof; estranged; knowing little (of); ill-informed (about); ignorant (of)
enterprise; business; company; corporation
to burst into bud; to sprout; to have a crush; to be infatuated
agreement; consent; same opinion; same view; same meaning
to bite at; to snap at; to jump at (e.g. an offer); to snap at; to hold on to; to cling to
to wear (clothes) stylishly; to dress oneself stylishly
popularity; public favor; condition (e.g. market); tone; character
to hand over; to transfer; to give up (e.g. one's seat); to give way; to yield; to concede
the ways of the world; human nature
leader; reader; reading book; reader (i.e. someone who reads); microreader; dotted line (in printing)
society; the world; the times
used (ticket, stamp, etc.); spent (fuel, battery, etc.)
clothes; clothing; garments
in good health; alive and well; going strong
pure; true; genuine; unmixed
as much as one wants; as many as one wants; all that one wishes for
pressure; oppression; suppression
use; utilization; utilisation; application
rate; ratio; proportion; percentage
suffocation; choking; asphyxia