heaven's punishment; divine punishment; well-deserved punishment; just punishment
to take the initiative; to forestall; to beat to the punch
to steam (food, towel, etc.); to be hot and humid; to be sultry
to turn away; to face away; to ignore; to be uncooperative; to be unconciliatory
to cut into (a conversation); to interject
to drive away; to order off; to chase away; to force into an unpleasant situation (bankruptcy, prostitution, suicide, etc.)
prey; catch; kill; spoils; trophy; loot
snatching; stealing; seizure; usurpation
finger flick to the forehead
to buy (of a government, public agency, etc. from a private citizen); to purchase; to buy up (all of something)
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
short and stout; small but wide around
retro; nostalgic; old-fashioned
ill-bred; vulgar; boorish
crumbling; collapse; ruin; has-been; wannabe
first-class; top grade; characteristic; peculiar; school (e.g. of a performance art); one flag
buying; shopping; buyer; purchase
sale; selling; selling point; gimmick; seller; vendor
stock; products; stolen goods; loot; spoils
three flat objects (sheets of paper, pieces of cloth, etc.); cutting a fish into two boneless fillets and a piece with the skeleton
100,000; hundred thousand
yen (Japanese monetary unit); circle
to urge; to encourage; to press; to stimulate (e.g. growth); to hasten (e.g. development); to quicken
door; gate; opening; title page
dreary; bleak; monotonous; tasteless; unrefined
hole; hole (in golf); (golf) cup; (electron) hole
to clear away; to remove; to demolish
corridor; hallway; passageway
miscellaneous; mixed; unorganized
all; everything; entirety; absolutely (not); (not) at all; (none) whatsoever
a kind; a sort; of sorts; something of a; sort of; somewhat
chaos; confusion; disorder; chaotic; confused; uncertain
antique market; flea market