salesperson; shop assistant; hawker; (arch.) male prostitute
confectioner; confectionery; candy store
to make oneself pleasant to everybody; to smile at everybody; to try to please everybody; to make things pleasant
nobori; long, narrow banner attached to a pole on one side and a horizontal rod along the top; Boys' Day nobori; carp streamer
desktop; desk-top; tabletop; after-dinner speech
frequently; often; (staring) fixedly; narrowly; closely
vigorously; really getting stuck into
glaring at each other; confrontation; standoff; face-off
then; well; so; bye then; bye bye
battle for Christmas sales
average (normal, ordinary) year; every year; annually
sale; selling; selling point; gimmick; seller; vendor
clue; lead; key; handhold; hold
countermeasure; counter-measure
recruiting; job offer; job vacancy
perpetrators of (some) crime; (some type of) crime
biography of a brave fighter; heroic saga; chivalric romance; tale of one's heroism; episode of bravery; acts of violence
in contrast to (one's, its) appearance
godsend; lifesaver; timely offer; windfall
firm; strong; unbending; unyielding; uncompromising; stubborn
model; (good) example; exemplar; model handwriting; model drawing; copybook
highish; somewhat high; on the high side; somewhat expensive; comparatively expensive; on the expensive side
eeny, meeny, miny, moe; eenie, meenie, minie, moe
to call in; to invite; to bring in
dots; spots; bit by bit; little by little; here and there; scattered
to be possible to say; to be able to say; (arch.) said; (arch.) have said
back street; back alley; off-street
(laughing) foolishly; (smiling) thoughtlessly; indiscreetly (talking); carelessly (speaking); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy
a cut above; one step above
standing for a long time; remaining standing
boarding (someone); catering; board; provided meals; cook; caterer
backyard; background; room in a store or restaurant not open to customers (often storage room)
pot (esp. teapot, coffee pot); vacuum bottle; thermos flask
shortcake (layered cream and fruit cake; in Japan, made with sponge cake)
covered with; stained; smeared
Japanese chestnut (Castanea crenata)