start-up company; venture business
piping hot; scalding; madly in love; passionately in love
expenses; expenditure; outgoings; outlays; costs
small factory in town; backstreet (small) workshop
self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)
making off with (something); absconding; stolen; absconded (with)
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
(talk of a) moneymaking scheme; moneymaking idea; get-rich-quick proposal
to notice; to become aware; to be scrupulous; to be attentive; to recover consciousness; to come to oneself
covered with; stained; smeared
to fall ill; to be taken ill
to do (something) to spite (someone); to rebuke indirectly; to make an insinuation; to make a display of affection (for each other); to show off a relationship
upstart; nouveau riche; new money; piece promoted to gold general
Anna era (968.8.13-970.3.25); Anwa era
to get back; to regain; to recover; to make up (for); to catch up on
flickering; flashing on and off; glaringly (bright); painfully (bright); prickling (pain)
cavity; hollow; void; hollow (voice, smile, etc.); blank (eyes, look, etc.); vacant (expression, stare, etc.)
that's enough!; cut it out!; get a life!
after that; afterwards; thereafter
lively; full of spirit; energetic; healthy; well; fit
hit it off with (a person); find a kindred spirit in (a person); sympathy; mutual understanding
project; enterprise; business; (arch.) act; (arch.) deed; (arch.) conduct
development; evolution; expansion; spreading out; expansion (of an algebraic expression); development (of a three-dimensional shape)
business ability; business acumen
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)
where; which; anyway; anyhow; sooner or later; eventually
rest; break; recess; intermission
consultation office; information center; bureau; agency
claim (for compensation); customer complaint seeking compensation; (general) complaint; objection
to leave one's post; to walk out on one's job
sensation; feeling; tendency; propensity
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
what with this and that; for a number of reasons
pinky swear; pinky promise; hooking each other's little fingers to confirm a promise
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
trade; buying and selling; trafficking (e.g. of humans, arms, drugs); dealing
walking sideways; staggering; striding; being rampant; being widespread; being prevalent
up to now; so far; traditional; conventional; usual
bōryokudan; gangster organization (organisation); crime syndicate; yakuza
really; truly; indeed; good grief
back; rear; background; behind the scenes