trader; dealer; businessperson; fellow trader; people in the same trade
competitive bids or bidding
shuriken; small throwing blade; throwing star
cherry tree; cherry blossom; fake buyer; paid audience; hired applauder; horse meat
cutting ingredients into decorative shapes (e.g. vegetables)
permanent; everlasting; lasting; very long; many years of
to be sticky; to be adhesive; to persevere; to persist; to stick to
release; unleashing; liberation; deallocation (of computer memory)
udon served in a pot with broth
to be completed; to be finished; to be ready (e.g. to serve or eat); to be very drunk
department store; department
solo exhibition; one-man exhibition; one-woman exhibition
to suit; to match; to become; to be like
cabbage roll; stuffed cabbage
straight; straightforward; direct; neat (e.g. spirits); black (e.g. tea, coffee); entering university directly from high school; fast ball
once in a lifetime; the first and last occurrence (event, experience) of one's lifetime
performance; execution; skill; dexterity; tact
magistrate; shogunate administrator
good feeling; feeling good
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
to smirk; to grin broadly
pink; erotic (usually used in relation to the sex industry); blue; pornographic
mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but
obstacle; hindrance; impediment; nuisance; bore; burden
to become stiff (of muscles); to get absorbed in; to develop a passion for; to be elaborate; to be intricate
to spoil; to break; to go bad; to go wrong; to fail
failure; mistake; blunder
to anger; to displease; to offend; to square (one's shoulders); to make stern (e.g. eyes); to raise (one's voice) in anger
lightning; thunder; god of thunder; god of lightning; anger; fit of anger
millet or rice cake, roasted and hardened with starch syrup and sugar (sometimes including peanuts, etc.)
doll cake; sponge cake in various shapes filled with red bean paste
negligence; carelessness; inattention; unpreparedness
gap; space; break; interlude; chink (in one's armor, armour); chance
plan; plot; idea; conception; vision; scheme
stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs
speaker; narrator; speaker (of a language)
to spread (out); to extend; to stretch; to reach to; to get around; to fill (e.g. a space)
reality; actuality; hard fact
warehouse; storehouse; cellar; magazine; granary; godown