slow; sluggish; bushy (hair); thick; unfashionable; lacking style
to grow thickly; to be in full leaf; to be rampant; to luxuriate; to be luxurious
grove of miscellaneous trees; copse; coppice; thicket
to cut open; to clear (land); to cut (a path, road, etc.); to carve out (a new career, future, etc.); to open up (a new field)
expansion; extension; enlargement; escape; ESC
workaholic; person who is totally devoted to his work
place where one works; construction site; working area
field of activities; area of activity; range of behavior (behaviour); habitat
hustle and bustle; throng; crowd; congestion; traffic jam
lately; recently; nowadays; terribly; awfully; extremely
student (esp. a university student)
seat at a table; place at a table
counter seat; seat at the counter
(having) two choices; choice between two things
all that one has; all that there is; the whole
excessive profits; unfair profit; exorbitant interest; usury
impressiveness; impact; force; intensity; presence; appeal
quarrel; brawl; fight; squabble; scuffle; argument
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it; that sort of (thing mentioned immediately prior)
not exactly correct, but pretty close to it; not far off the mark
nothing new; same as always; an old story; nothing new about it; not the first time it has happened
to run around (wildly); to rush about all over the place; to make every effort (to do); to do everything one can
pretty girl who attracts customers to come inside a shop
to gather in a circle; to form a circle
two kinds; second-class (e.g. mail)
the other day; lately; recently
noshi; long thin strip of dried abalone in folded patterned paper, attached to a gift
and then; and so; and; so then
employer's house; master's house
to be free; to be available
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
to prick up one's ears and listen; to listen attentively
to look (sound, behave) grown-up; to be adult-like; to mature
to couch (a sword); to look at cynically or ironically; (arch.) to stand ready (to do); (arch.) to adopt a formal attitude