rugged; scraggy; angular; gnarled
nine; team; players on a team; no
ohajiki; traditional children's game similar to marbles, played with coin-shaped pieces of coloured glass or plastic; gun; pistol
to work out; to think up; to devise; to manage to find (money, time, etc.); to scrape together (funds)
to bite into; to sink one's teeth into; to stick to; to cling to; to hold on to
exhibition; display; putting on show
to pay the bill; to settle an account
like everyone else; like most people; like an ordinary person; as much as anyone else
entering; entrance; attendance; audience; containing; income; earnings
to stroll about; to saunter; to wander; to dangle; to swing
main street; avenue; boulevard
central part; heart (of a city, etc.)
event; festivities; function; social gathering; auspices; opening
on bargain sale; rising in popularity; up-and-coming; budding
sign; mark; symbol; sign (e.g. positive, negative)
to accept someone's challenge; to take up the gauntlet
to be hurtful; to resonate emotionally (with one)
eagerly; earnestly; ardently
feeling of loneliness; feeling of desolation
look here; I say; well; I know what; I'll tell you what; just a minute
to lower one's voice; to speak with a hushed voice
autumn of last year; fall of last year
to make a note (of); to take a note (of)
to attract someone's attention; to arouse someone's interest; to sound someone out; to try to find out someone's true feelings; to (discreetly) probe someone's thoughts
new type; new style; new model; new strain (e.g. infectious disease)
record; document; minutes; record (e.g. in sports); setting (a record); recording (a record high, etc.)
to write down; to make a note of; to put on record; to chronicle
flustered; confused; panicked
likability; favorability; popularity
husband; master (of a house, shop, etc.)
devoted; self-sacrificing
secret (recipe, medicine, etc.); mysteries (e.g. of an art)
old-fashioned way of thinking; old-fashioned spirit; old-fashioned
mastery; learning through experience; realization; realisation; comprehension
outflow; effluence; efflux; outflow (of people, capital, etc.); drain (of gold, talent, etc. from a country); leak (e.g. of personal information)