volume sales; volume retail
young man; boy; son (of one's master, employer, etc.); husband; (male) lover; dear
estimated (probable) age (e.g. of victim)
to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect
good-for-nothing; parasite; deadbeat; loafer; drone; idler
sweeping over (e.g. of a natural disaster); engulfing; sweeping victory; clean sweep
beautiful tree; tree producing beautiful flowers
guiding principle; single-minded policy; one's sole talent; single spear
to wait for an opportunity
mahjong parlour; mahjong parlor
fierce look; frightening look; tough look; aggressive attitude; coercive attitude; taking a hard line
black sheep (of a family); ostracism
threatening attitude; menacing look; angry look
king (of the senior player)
forensic researcher; crime scene investigator
move (in shogi, chess, etc.)
standard-bearer; flag-bearer
work, items, etc. carried over from earlier; hangover; what you ate the day before (and is still being digested)
condition; state of preservation
(newspaper) carrier; newspaper (delivery) boy (girl); new
one game (of go, shogi, etc.); one board (go, shogi, etc.); one office (of a broadcasting station, post office, etc.)
coward; gutless person; sissy; weakling; loser; milquetoast
boxed lunch bought at a station (often a local specialty); sexual position in which one person stands supporting the other
footwear; footgear; shoes
person concerned; person qualified; person in question; party; litigant (legal)
(a person or body being) unidentifiable (unidentified)
having an aptitude (for); having a talent (for)
ticktock; chinking (e.g. of a hammer against rock); knocking; dry and hard; (frozen) stiff; hidebound
all over the body; from head to foot; all over
Emishi; historical term for non-Yamato peoples in northern Japan; Yezo (northern part of Meiji-era Japan, esp. Hokkaido, but also Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands)
to put one's life on the line