price; cost; charge; payment; bill; fee
bill; account; invoice; information request form
average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to
to pinch; to hold (between one's fingers); to pick up and eat; to snack on; to pick out (the main point); to summarize
great mistake; serious error; blunder; complete misunderstanding
to catch and tie up; to apprehend; to entangle; to trap; to brush out (e.g. dust, fur, plaque); to extract
old family; old-established family; one's old home; one's childhood home
watch (timepiece); watching (a trend, developments, etc.); observing; (one's) watch (on a ship); watchkeeping; watch cap
Maritime Self-Defense Force
being on duty; being on watch; person on duty
extremely; in the extreme; knows no bounds (e.g. rudeness); boundless (e.g. universe, ocean); limitless
clever; intelligent; bright; well-behaved (esp. of children and pets); obedient; good
humming a samisen tune; smooth talk; sweet words; cajolery
pair; two kinds; two ways
immediate; prompt; quick; rapid; urgent; pressing
this and that; one thing and another
specialist shop; shop specializing in a particular type of product
with a whack; smack; slap
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
which reminds me ...; come to think of it ...; now that you mention it ...; on that subject ...; so, if you say ...
bonze; monk; monk's dwelling; boy; son; I; me
jumping to a hasty conclusion; premature judgement
hearty; tremendous; magnificent; glorious; splendid; heroic
Bose (audio equipment manufacturer)
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
since the beginning; natural-born (salesman, etc.); absolutely (not); (not) at all
Tochigi (city, prefecture)
embodiment; manifestation; materialization; materialisation; expression; indication
sullenly; discontentedly; silently (in a bad mood); grumpily; with hurt feelings
obvious (e.g. of a lie); transparent
openly; squarely; directly; to a person's face
to see through (a plot, lie, etc.); to penetrate into; to discover; to find out