good time to buy; time to buy
perfectly reasonable; completely natural; perfectly good (e.g. reason)
pilfering; snatching; swiping; pilferer; (petty) thief; (bag) snatcher
reading aloud; recitation
Java sparrow; Java rice finch (Lonchura oryzivora, Padda oryzivora)
sharp drop; plunge; nosedive; slump; (value or amount) plummeting
good bye; I'm off; see you later
box for letters and papers; box used to carry or deliver letters
playhouse; theatre; theater
wait until you actually see it
to exchange (things); to convert (currency); to be in contrast (to); to contrast (with)
to make a (government) grant; to release (a criminal)
wearing a kimono with the right side over the left (normally used only for the dead); going badly (one's business, one's fortune, the economy); being in a bad financial situation; front left; front and left
to arrest; to capture; to seize
buying up of goods; cornering (market)
to buy all (of something) one can get one's hands on; to buy up; to scoop up
to play a dirty trick; to use underhanded methods; to hit below the belt; to play false
competing; competition; auction
decisive moment; turning point; critical moment; win-or-bust situation
to go wrong; to turn for the worse
to ration out and survive on (some food); to eke out a living
to knock down; to beat up (till unable to stand)
such a stupid ...; what a crazy ...; no way!; what nonsense!; how can that be?
which reminds me ...; come to think of it ...; now that you mention it ...; on that subject ...; so, if you say ...
vigorous; cheerful; assertive
the House of Tokugawa; the Tokugawas
fundraising; financing; cash flow
to forfeit; to confiscate; to call out; to summon
consent; assent; understanding; agreement; comprehension; grasp
medicated bath; (medical) decoction; infusion; medicinal hot spring
to destroy; to crush; to break by striking; to spoil; to ruin
engagingly; cordially; amiably; sociably; hospitably