to discount; to reduce (the price); to take off (a percentage); to take with a grain of salt; to not take at face value; to discount
to accept one's inferiority; to take one's hat off to someone; to give up; to surrender; to strike one's colors
tough; stubborn; determined; severely; heavily; hard
cunning (acquired with age); astute; crafty; sly; wily
sale; sales; selling; marketing
knowledge (of a skill, art, etc.); proficiency; essentials; know-how; preparedness; readiness
good outward appearance; looking nice; being attractive; making a fine show
rain and wind; driving rain; the elements
to endure; to keep out (e.g. rain); to pull through; to get over; to surpass; to outdo
street at night; making a night journey
to shuffle (on one's bottom or knees); to crawl; to shift position (of an object)
manners; behavior; behaviour
prodigal son; wastrel son; son of loose morals
(idle) curiosity; fancifulness; eccentricity; person with unusual tastes; eccentric; oddball
helpful person; person who likes looking after others; overly helpful person; annoyingly helpful person; manager; go-between
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
good impression; favorable impression
look of amazement; looking dumbfounded
to blush; to go red in the face; to change color; to change colour
to buy in quantity; to buy a lot (of); to stock up (on); to lay in
at first; in the beginning; originally
difficult to approach; inaccessible
gatekeeper; door guard; doorman; concierge; janitor
legendary beast; magical beast
(are you) alright?; (are you) OK?
feces (esp. animal); excrement; dung
definite; final; decisive; conclusive
(a) stop (e.g. in a timber joint, or at the end of a kanji stroke); remaining (e.g. poste-restante)
sincerely; earnestly; wholeheartedly; repeatedly; over and over; again and again
northerly (wind); from the north
unconditionally; as a rule
caution; admonition; prohibition; ban; punishment; (arch.) caution
as stated; verbatim; literally
to get dark; to grow dark; to end (of a day, year, season, etc.); to come to an end; to be sunk in (e.g. despair); to be lost in (e.g. thought)
to illuminate; to shine a light on; to light up
pickling in salt; food preserved in salt; holding on to (shares, land, etc.) for an extended period until its value increases; leaving unsold; leaving unused
secondary; of secondary importance