mixed with; mingled with; interspersed with; dashed with; sprinkled with
taking advantage of (an opportunity); jumping on the bandwagon; taking passage (in); getting a lift; getting a ride
to sit up straight; to straighten one's posture; to straighten up
(someone else's) parents; both parents
television personality; TV personality
left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one
we; us; I; me; my store (business, etc.)
honestly speaking; in truth; in all honesty; to be frank
still; even now; to this day
to let (someone) hear; to tell (e.g. a story); to make (someone) listen; to make (someone) understand; to grip (someone) with skilful singing, storytelling, etc.; to hold (someone) enchanted by
to be confused; to be baffled; to be dumbfounded; to be bewildered; (lit.) to be bewitched by a fox
by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking
between (e.g. two people); face to face; hindrance; impediment; arrhythmic section of recitative; playing with only 2 players; prefix used for stress or emphasis
receiving; getting; eating; drinking; please (give me; do for me)
to perceive; to sense; to take in; to grasp; to feel
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
doubt; suspicion; question; strangeness
dispersal; breaking up; running away; fleeing
distant place; faraway location; far away
to leave word with (a person); to state in one's will; to leave (something) unsaid; to forget to mention
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
prosperity; flourishing; thriving
thankfully; fortunately; luckily; mercifully
(period of) a year; during the era (of)
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country; main region; province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryō system)
only recently; just of late
personnel expenses; labor cost; labour cost; indirect labour costs; indirect labor costs
sharp rise (in prices); steep rise; substantial increase; soaring
transport; transportation; transit; conveyance
supply; provision; service; supply
rapid decrease; sharp reduction; sudden drop; recession
clothing; articles of clothing; apparel
suddenly; abruptly; unexpectedly; (not) readily; (not) right away; (not) immediately
activity; briskness; prosperity
to present; to offer; to show; to display; to assume (e.g. a shape)
main cause; primary factor