rice cake shop keeper; rice cake store (shop)
the heat is off; things calm down; the excitement dies down
credit; money owed on an account; bill; hot noodles in broth; proportion (of wholesale price, as tenths of list price); in the midst of; rest
order; command; life; destiny; fate
to look (sound, behave) grown-up; to be adult-like; to mature
gap; lag; difference; discrepancy; shear (e.g. shear stress)
departed spirit; soul of the dead; ghost; apparition
to drag along; to pull; to force someone along; to prolong; to drag out; to influence strongly
opposite; reverse; contrary
commanding; awe-inspiring; bitter (cold); piercing
(not) anyone; (not) a single person; no one; nobody
hesitation; bewilderment; illusion; delusion; inability to reach enlightenment
goes without saying; needless to say; obvious
delay; lag; postponement; falling behind
country in civil war; country disarrayed by war; Warring States period (Japan, China); competiton in which there are several evenly-matched participants; hotly-contested game (match, market, etc.)
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
sly; cunning; sneaky; miserly; mean; stingy
doubt; question; uncertainty; skepticism; scepticism; suspicion
snake; serpent; large snake