remarkably; markedly; rapidly; sound of breaking or creaking
picture dealer; commercial art gallery
to take advantage of; to impose on; to exploit; to enter (an item in a ledger); to make an entry (in an account book)
wastepaper; scrap of paper; paper scraps
paltry sum of money; small change; odd money; pittance; chicken feed
financial panic; economic crisis; economic crash
market price; current price
intimate; carefree; familiar; friendly
detached; aloof; indifferent
Christmas; Nativity; celebration of the birthday of a saint or great man
estimation; criticism; comment
alcoholism; alcohol addiction; enomania; alcohol poisoning; alcohol intoxication
alcoholism; alcoholic; drunkard
handstand; headstand; being upside down; being in reverse
distortion (often used for caricature in manga, etc.); deformation
lesson one; first lesson; first section (in an organization); first division; first department
space; air; midair; (from) memory; (by) heart
to make coffee; to brew coffee
to set up shop; to open a store
neurasthenia; nervous breakdown; concentration; memory; matching pairs
to feel hungry; to get hungry
rickshaw puller; rickshaw driver; rickshaw man
transport; freight; shipping; moving (goods)
rendezvous; meeting; area where guests gather before the start of a tea ceremony; waiting room; (arch.) meeting place for assignations, drinking, etc.
to become hungry; to get an empty stomach
tokonoma; alcove where art or flowers are displayed
cool; stylish; good-looking; fashionable; sexy
supplement; top up; complement; making up (a deficiency)
essence; kernel; spirit; pith
lover; sweetheart; mistress
in public; in company; in the presence of others
flood of emotions; many thoughts
alternately; in succession
firmly; flatly; definitely (wrong, different, etc.); absolutely; by far; far and away
to become hungry; to get an empty stomach
craving; longing; thirsting
to be withered or nipped by frost
to leave behind; to put off; to postpone