interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
insect; bug; worm; roundworm; one's emotions; one's feelings; nervousness
shopkeeper; storekeeper; proprietor of a shop
sales pitch; sales lure; catchphrase
to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke
to be slow; to not make progress; to be inefficient
staringly; scrutinizing; scrutinising
looking for a particular person or thing; searching high and low; hunting for; picking out; singling out
commodity; article of commerce; goods; stock; merchandise
living thing; living creature; animal; life
otherwise; or else; if not
effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)
outline; main points; generally; on the whole; general; rough
basket (shopping, etc.); hamper; cage
even; even if; even though; because of; on the grounds that
to become used to seeing; to be familiar with
event; phenomenon; matter
difficult to ...; hard to ...
need; want; necessity; costs; expenses
to curse someone to death; to put a deadly curse on someone
to do someone in; to bump someone off
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
combination; assortment (of goods); assorted basket or box (e.g. of chocolates)
to hurry; to rush; to hasten; to make something happen sooner
heave-ho; oops; yes; yeah
pine, bamboo and plum (an auspicious grouping); high, middle and low (ranking); top, middle and bottom; upper, medium, lower
pine tree (Pinus spp.); highest (of a three-tier ranking system)
to curse; to put a curse on; to detest intensely
basket (shopping, etc.); hamper; cage
high grade; special grade; classy
grasping (with one's bare hands); holding; grabbing; seizing; catching
house centipede (Scutigeromorpha spp.)
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet
to guffaw; to roar with laughter; to laugh heartily
to classify; to sort out; to sift through
partition; division; settlement of accounts; preliminary warm-up ritual; toeing the mark; directing
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
treatment; service; handling (of a machine, tool, etc.); operation; treating as; treating like
to get used (to); to get familiar with; to get skillful with
still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet