buying up of goods; cornering (market)
sudden price jump; steep price rise
self-proclaimed; self-professed; professing oneself to be; calling oneself; first person
distribution (e.g. films, rice); rationing (e.g. food, gasoline); food ration
to be brought forward (e.g. by three hours); to be moved up; to be hasty; to be rash; to quicken; to speed up
beyond expectations; beyond what one expected; not foreseen; exceeding assumptions
private funds; own funds; private property
to stop by; to drop in for a short visit
admiration; appreciation; enjoyment; viewing (for pleasure)
potato (Solanum tuberosum)
to become thin; to lose weight; to reduce (one's) weight; to be barren; to be infertile; to be sterile
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum); soba; Japanese buckwheat noodles
to devote all one's energies; to give one's everything; to to put in all one's effort
very high; high up; aloft; only; merely; just
to shut in; to confine; to contain
one's normal condition; one's usual state; keynote (esp. shamisen); proper key
wholly (due to); entirely; solely; earnestly; intently; sincerely
disappearance; running away; going missing; absconding
death; mortality; to die; to pass away
beach; water's edge; coastline; national border; before entering the country
judgment; judgement; discernment
firm; unshakeable; resolute
newspaper story (article, account)
royal authority; regal power; authority of the king
guess; speculation; supposition
to be rested; to feel at ease; to repose; to be relieved
(arch.) countenance; (arch.) visage; face; honor (honour); dignity
shadow or cloud (e.g. on someone's happiness); shade; gloom
corner; nook; shade; shadow; dark circles (under the eyes); dark rings
no sleep or rest; working day and night
to be crushed; to be smashed; to become useless; to cease functioning; to go bankrupt; to go out of business
sense of duty (obligation)
to obligate; to make compulsory; to require; to mandate
prudish; strait-laced; boring; square
nonsense; silly talk; drivel; rubbish