to be bewildered; to be perplexed
price decision; price setting; pricing
confident; assured; self-assured; bullish (e.g. market)
to raise; to lift; to hang up; to raise prices (artificially, deliberately)
to say no more; to sink into silence
not exceeding; and downward; below (e.g. standard); under (e.g. a level); the below-mentioned; the following
twelve; 12; queen (playing card)
cause; seed; variety; kind; counter for varieties
calm; composed; cool; quiet
successful bid; winning a tender
opposition; rivalry; competition; antagonism
Jizo (esp. statue); Kshitigarbha; Ksitigarbha
agile; nimble; casual (clothing); light (e.g. luggage); carefree; with limited responsibility
depressed in spirits; dispirited; disheartened; rejection
café; cafe; coffeehouse; hostess bar (serving western alcoholic beverages; Taisho and Showa period)
please; somehow or other; one way or another
good-for-nothing; spineless; gutless; spiritless; feckless; pluckless
peerless; unparalleled; unparallelled; mowing down the enemy
at the same time as; while; as well as (multiple roles)
that gentleman; that lady; he; she
knowing; (an) acquaintance
people who share an interest; people of similar tastes; kindred minds
tangent point; point of contact; contact (electrical, etc.); point of agreement; common ground
to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore somebody's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task
enthusiast; mania; enthusiasm
to sink (into); to get depressed
two (long cylindrical things)
futomaki; thick roll of makizushi; rolling something thickly; something rolled thickly (a cigar, etc.)
neck; head; dismissal; discharge
to get tired; to tire; to become worn out (of a well-used object); (arch.) to starve
feeling refreshed; feeling relieved; neat; tidy; frank; open-hearted; completely
terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous
to smell; to smell of; to have a smell
to have meaning; to be meaningful
to come out; to appear; to turn up; to emerge