store; shop; establishment; restaurant
expansion; extension; enlargement; escape; ESC
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
development; growth; development (of a situation, story, etc.); advancement; playing around; having an active sex life
to become settled; to be fixed
to become possible; to become able to (do)
how; in what way; how (much); to what extent; however (much); no matter how
key; lock; key (to a problem); clue
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
using anything one can lay one's hands on; haphazardly; on the rebound; at random; indiscriminately
monopoly; monopolization; exclusivity; hogging; keeping to oneself
vague; faint; dim; indistinct; hazy; blurry
much more; still more; single layer (or storey, etc.); (arch.) rather; (arch.) sooner
Herculean task; next-to-impossible undertaking
to come to like; to become fond of; to fall in love
to come out; to appear; to turn up; to emerge
on the occasion of; at the time of
protruding eyes; number of pips visible after a throw of the dice
extent; scope; sphere; range; span
carefree; buoyant; lighthearted; ease
to advance to the next stage (e.g. in a tournament)
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
to get on the wrong vehicle (bus, train, etc.)
railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
depending on; dependent on
particle indicating that the speaker is trying to recall some information
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
small sum (e.g. of money); small denomination
lifeboat; friend in need; helping hand; timely help
trade; buying and selling; trafficking (e.g. of humans, arms, drugs); dealing
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
to present; to submit; to tender; to hold out