development; exploitation
to begin to walk; to set out
wide-width (e.g. cloth); broad
state; condition; the way things should be; ideal state; truth
Yomotsu Hirasaka (slope that leads to the land of the dead)
to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)
the dead; ghost; person who is obsessed (with money, power, etc.); person with a blind lust (for)
showy; brilliant; gorgeous; florid; gay
men and women; man and woman; both sexes; both genders
both; both sides; both parties
to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel
whispering; murmuring; subdued
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
substance; essence; real (in economics, vs. nominal, e.g. real interest rate); substantive; substantial
display and sale of new products
waiting time; latency; standby time (e.g. cellular phones); queueing time
to get (a joke or explanation); to strike home; to click; to know intuitively
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
paying one's own expenses; going into business for oneself; working independently; person who earns their own living
bookstore; bookshop; publisher; main building
meeting; assembly; party; society; association; club
tiger (Panthera tigris); drunkard; drunk; sot
expression; presentation; representation; notation
as if (something untrue were actually true); like hell (e.g. "like hell I will")
extremely important; essential; vital; crucial
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
festival; feast; carnival
don't you think?; indicates question
enterprise; business; company; corporation
management; administration; operation
in a manner of speaking; as it were; so to speak; if you like; per se
stage (theatre, theater); scene or setting (e.g. of novel, play, etc.)
setting the table; laying the table; setting up; getting one's ducks in a row; running interference
here and there; this way and that way; everywhere; all over
group with a common interest (e.g. students); club (e.g. company sports club); circle; circle (shape)
general; universal; ordinary; average; (arch.) the same; (arch.) no different
to conform to; to be in accordance with; to follow (rule, tradition, example, etc.)
to be flabbergasted; to be dumbfounded
host (of a party, summit, etc.); host (of male host club)
to do for (the sake of someone else)