sad news; news of a death; death notice
color spotting; color irregularity; color spots
gift certificate for books; book token
war photographer; combat cameraman
slot machine in a pachinko parlor (parlour)
government office; government agency; authorities
Worcester sauce; Worcestershire sauce
influential; powerful; popular; prosperous; doing well
oil paints; oil colors (colours); oils
broken into small fragments; smashed to atoms; fragments and splinters; smithereens
telephone bill; telephone rate
to beat down prices; to strike a hard bargain
charge for a meal (usu. at school); school lunch fee
paltry sum of money; small change; odd money; pittance; chicken feed
(security) deposit; caution money
special award; special prize
to strip; to peel; to tear off
shipping company; freight company; transport company
to repay double the original amount; to repay x times the original amount
forty-ninth day after a person's death
beep; honk (car horn); buzz (buzzer); boo (wrong answer, like buzzer on quiz shows)
close-cropped head; bald hill
drunkard; heavy drinker; boozer
dad; daddy; papa; pa; pop
discount coupon or ticket
to point down; to look down; to get worse; to begin to fall (e.g. of a price)
opossum shrimp (Mysida spp.); mysid
to be parted from; to be separated
round; tranquil; contentedly at ease
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river