new era; new period; new age; new epoch
low-priced; cheap; inexpensive; shallow (e.g. sympathy); superficial; cheap (e.g. government)
shōchū; Japanese spirit distilled from sweet potatoes, rice, etc.
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
from the chemical point of view
procedure; process; proceedings; formalities
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
to soften; to calm down; to be eased; to be mitigated; to subside; to abate
speculation; venture; stockjobbing; gambling (on stocks)
hectic; bewildering; bustling; dizzy
(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount
swindler; fraudster; trickster; con man
coincidence; agreement; conformity; consistency; cooperation
to garnish; to accompany (as a card does a gift); to add to as support; to prop up; to accompany (as an aid, guide, translator, etc.); (arch.) to mimic
fine wrinkles; crow's feet
virtue; benevolence; profit; benefit
appearance; look; a 'seeming' that fortune-tellers relate to one's fortune; aspect; phase (e.g. solid, liquid and gaseous)
evening; early night hours
drunkenness; intoxication; motion sickness; travel sickness
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
hurriedly; in a hurry; in haste
unavoidably; inevitably; necessarily; reluctantly; against one's will
to compare; to make a comparison; to compete; to vie
end (of a street, hallway, etc.)
to be sooty; to be stained
white plaster wall; tofu; bean curd
to point; to nominate; to select someone; to identify; to indicate; to play (a game of shogi)
luxury; extravagance; to live in luxury; to indulge oneself; lavish (use of something); abundant
credit; money owed on an account; bill; hot noodles in broth; proportion (of wholesale price, as tenths of list price); in the midst of; rest
price; cost; value; worth; value
to follow around; to shadow; to tag along; to haunt one (e.g. feeling, failure); to follow one
treat; banquet; feast; (arch.) running about
keep ...-ing; have been ...-ing; leaving (something) on; leaving (something) still in use
lukewarm; tepid; disagreeably warm (e.g. bath)
third party; third person; outsider; disinterested person
haughty; arrogant; pompous; self-important
polite; courteous; civil; friendship; (sexual) intimacy
thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward