shortage of stock; scarcity of goods
suddenly and forcefully (e.g. jerk, poke, shove); in a single gulp; in one go
previous day; day before; eve; prior day; preceding day
route; path; channel (e.g. sales, distribution)
(nearly certain) death; extremely dangerous place (or situation) from which one might not return alive; proper place to die; dilemma; predicament
hero; manly person; warrior
closing time; lockup; curfew
six o'clock; six periods of a day (morning, midday, afternoon, evening, midnight, late night)
half; semi-; half-past; odd number; (arch.) unit of land area (595.8 m^2)
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
leaving out; omitting; skipping; (beating) in succession; in a row
for work; in a manner related to work
senior high school student
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
to tear; to rip; to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.); to breach; to defeat; to beat; to break (e.g. silence)
to blame; to reproach; to question (a suspect); to challenge; to aggravate (an injury); to be aggravated
going out; outing; leaving (one's home, office, etc.)
to arrive home; to return
one o'clock; once; at one time; for a time; for a while; a time
name; title; appellation; (under the) pretext (of); pretense
buying; shopping; buyer; purchase
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
diversion (action meant to attract attention away from the real objective); feint
exchange; interchange; switching; reciprocity; barter; substitution
to attract; to draw near; to charm; to attract; to have a convulsion
fluttering; flapping; (arch.) flickering (light, flame, etc.); frill; piece of thin material
sigh (of grief, disappointment, etc.); grieving; lamenting; deploring
naturally; of course; understandably
surely; clearly; without a doubt; in all probability; no matter how one slices it; no matter how one looks at it
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
trivial; not amounting to much
wow!; oh!; yeah!; alright!; waah!; boohoo!
double-dealing; double tongue; going back on what one has said; repeating oneself
eyes sparkling; with shining eyes; for one's eyes to gleam
meaningfully (smiling, grinning, etc.); suggestively; broadly; sneeringly
to raise; to lift; to hang up; to raise prices (artificially, deliberately)
duty; function; office; mission; task
to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
in the midst of the enemy
breaking through; breakthrough; surmounting; overcoming; exceeding; passing