black-market dealings; underhand transactions; shady trading; secret dealings; secret arrangement
villainous; rascally; knavish; (arch.) independent; (arch.) self-reliant
comfortable (to live in); snug; cozy; cosy
Japanese pepper (species of Sichuan pepper, Zanthoxylum piperitum); Japanese prickly ash
famous (commercial) establishment; well-known store (shop, restaurant)
polar bear (Ursus maritimus)
slow; sluggish; bushy (hair); thick; unfashionable; lacking style
energy conservation; economical use of energy
seriously; in earnest; for real; all out; really; with a will
cyborg; cybernetic organism
iron (for pressing clothes); hair iron; hair tong; curling tong
to drool; to dribble; to slobber
grilling (fish) with salt; broiling with salt; boiling seawater to get salt
worn-out; shabby; seedy; wrinkled-up; threadbare
mechanism; mechanics; machines; mechanic
little-known good place; good out-of-the-way place; well-kept secret place; hole-in-the-wall
to mash; to grind; to pulverize; to dissipate (a fortune); to run through; to lose
tea utensils; container for powdered green tea (tea ceremony)
(hard) candy; toffee; rice-sugar; sugar made from the starch of rice, potatoes, etc.; amber; yellowish-brown
intellectual; educated person; intelligentsia
wide difference; a world of difference
temporary; transient; trifling; slight; negligent
beep; honk (car horn); buzz (buzzer); boo (wrong answer, like buzzer on quiz shows)
to slacken; to loosen; to relax; to slack off (e.g. one's work, attention); to not put one's heart in
close investigation; careful examination; scrutiny
the matter you have been talking about
to mix; to stir; to blend
to wander from place to place; to change jobs