declining; refusal; rejection; announcement; notice
shop; small store; business; firm
just a handful; only a small number (of)
pupil; student; schoolchild
senior high school; high school
general situation; general trend; general tendency; way things are moving; current (of the times); tide (e.g. of public opinion)
class society; class-based society; hierarchical society
bonze; monk; monk's dwelling; boy; son; I; me
laugh; laughter; smile; sneer; sex aids (e.g. dildos, pornographic books, erotic woodblock prints, etc.)
to be worried; to be troubled
both; both sides; both parties
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
open; public; official; overt
unpatriotic person; traitor (to one's country)
quite capable of ...; could happen; not unlikely to
bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; confusion
to begin a trip; to depart; to embark; to die; to pass away; to depart this life
to send out; to forward; to show (a person) out
effeminate; unmanly; cowardly; sissy
to keep a house; to run a household
to fall into (someone's) hands; to fall under someone's control; to become someone's property (e.g. of an object)
precarious situation; precarious state
to exceed (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to surpass; to be more than; to be better than
large and rough; big and tough; unrefined; rustic; extreme; excessive
ghost; apparition; goblin; monster; something unusually large
output (electrical, signal, etc.)
horsepower; hp; energy; vitality; horse-drawn cart
presumption; assumption; estimation
double; twice (as much); twofold
impressive; striking; memorable; impactful
Herculean task; next-to-impossible undertaking
common gull (Larus canus); mew gull; gull (Laridae spp.); seagull
to turn over; to turn upside down; to knock over; to tip over; to overturn (e.g. a decision); to upset
to furnish with; to equip with; to prepare for; to make preparations for; to possess (all that is needed); to be endowed with
to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to let live; to keep alive; to revive; to resuscitate