roundabout (e.g. expression); indirect (reference, criticism, etc.); oblique
time; labour; payment (for labour); pay; tedious job; troublesome job
mouthful; morsel; gulp; sip; one word; in short
uninterested; unconcerned; plain; light; flowing gently
China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country; main region; province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryō system)
popularity; public favor; condition (e.g. market); tone; character
large sum (of money); large amount; large denomination (banknote, etc.)
to reach out one's hand; to extend one's arm; to get involved in; to embark on; to start a fight; to get physical with
literally; to the letter; literal
mixed bag; mixture of good and bad; jumble of wheat and chaff; (lit.) mixture of precious gems and common rocks
market (financial, stock, domestic, etc.); marketplace; exchange; (street) market
fraction; odd sum; odd money; small change; (arch.) low class female servant
mostly; ordinarily; probably; most; almost all; ordinary
swindler; fraudster; trickster; con man
reality; actuality; practice (as opposed to theory); truly; really; bhutakoti (limit of reality)
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
to fall into someone's hands; to pass into another's possession
valid; proper; right; appropriate; reasonable
percent; per cent; percentage
complete stranger; total stranger
way out; means to escape; escape route
ill will; spite; bad meaning; mala fides; bad faith; malice
evasion; excuse; subterfuge; runaround
denial; negation; negation; NOT operation
good-naturedness; good-natured person; credulous person; easy mark
touchstone (assaying tool); touchstone (e.g. of success); test; litmus test
real intention; true motive; true meaning
to accept (something) with thanks
inside a car (train, bus, etc.)
sale; sales; selling; marketing
older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am; older girl
indiscriminately; blindly; at random; indiscriminate; random; excessive
classical music; classic; classical; classic (work); the classics
to look away; to turn away
seat (esp. in public places or places with assigned seating); seating
arm; ability; skill; (physical) strength
(on the) aisle; aisle seat
seat; location (of a gathering, etc.); place; position; post
to look into; to peep into; to peer into