devastating; catastrophic; crushing
to hardly recognise; to mistake for something or somebody else
to ask a question; to ask questions
according to; reads; reading; is written; says; states
highly priced; expensive; valuable; costly
recommendation; advice; suggestion; encouragement
important point; point to make note of
series; sequence; keiretsu (group); conglomeration of businesses linked by cross-shareholdings; affiliated; subsidiary
goods on display; (an) exhibit; exhibition (of goods)
distinction; differentiation; discrimination; discrimination (against people)
food; food products; foodstuffs
sweet and sour; bittersweet
mini-; miniskirt; mini-skirt
ornament; decorative object; object placed in a tokonoma; figurehead; leader without real power
bookstore; bookshop; publisher; main building
article for sale; goods for sale; offering; specialty; selling point
stacking flat and face up (magazines, books, etc.)
entering an institution; beginning training; primer; manual; introduction (to)
fight; scuffle; walking about; walking around; conducting oneself; stroll (in noh, an action piece involving circling the stage)
title; index; heading; headline; caption
primer; manual; introductory book
attached; belonging (to); included; enclosed; affiliated; annexed
handbook; instruction book; manual
tourist information (brochure, map, center)
(a place) out of one's reach
suspicious; dubious; unreliable; indecent; unseemly
intended for ...; oriented towards ...; aimed at ...
(and) many others; extras (in a film)
high; noble; refined; advanced
general public; the masses