it's been a long time; long time no see
to make an appeal; to urge
emotion; feeling; atmosphere; mood; spirit
light and easy; lambent; clever; witty; smart
talk (esp. by a talk-show host, or by a stage musician to the audience between songs); banter; talk show; toque
sexy; popular; well-liked
handmade; homegrown; hand-crafted; homemade
to be puffed up with pride; to throw out one's chest
White Day (March 14); day for giving white chocolate and other presents to female coworkers and friends in return for gifts received on Valentine's day
pressing; urging; demanding; demand
holiday; day off; sleep; rest; Good night
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
commercial paper; CP; communist party; CP; cerebral palsy; cerebral paralysis; counterpurchase
electronic piano; digital piano
highest grade; superlative degree
used; second-hand; old; Middle Ages (in Japan esp. Heian period)
or; OR (Boolean operator)
(car) muffler; (piano) damper pedal; (gun) silencer
to send (something unsolicited); to send without the receiver's request
to play an instrument (esp. string instruments); to dance
spare time; free time; leisure time
even if; even though; however; no matter how
entertainer (esp. boy band or girl group member) whose image is manufactured to cultivate a dedicated consumer fan following; Japanese idol; (cultural) icon; idol; idol (object of worship); image
as a child; when one was a child; childhood
(not) in any way; (not) at all; (none) whatsoever; what kind of
standing comparison with; comparing favorably with; by no means inferior to; equal to
halving; dividing (into two parts); bisection; the two equinoxes (vernal and autumnal)
to become stiff (of muscles); to get absorbed in; to develop a passion for; to be elaborate; to be intricate
pre-made (esp. food); prepared in advance
basement of a department store (where foodstuffs are usually sold)
small dish (served as a part of an ordinary household meal); side dish
to dish up; to arrange food (on a plate)
omitting crucial steps; cutting corners; intentional negligence; tenuki; taking the initiative by ignoring the opponent's last move and playing somewhere else (in go)
lunch; midday meal; food served at a tea party (tea ceremony)
kind offices; services; through the good offices of; intercession; mediation
to use tact; to exercise discretion; to be tactful; to be thoughtful; to have the sense (to do); to take a hint
to read the situation; to sense the mood
trial performance; rehearsal
to burst open; to split open; to be bursting with (e.g. youth, laughter, flavor); to bounce; to bound
nodding (in agreement, with approval, etc.); repeatedly nodding and dozing off; suddenly (dying); deep (flavor, flavour, color, colour, etc.); rich
twenty-first day of the month; twenty-one days