sale; selling; selling point; gimmick; seller; vendor
vocal message; speech; statement; prologue at the start of a kabuki performance
boasting; big talk; bombast; Australian English
... being the case; (precisely) because ...; as might be expected from ...
goods; materials; commodities; resources; supplies
supply; provision; raising; procurement
when it comes to; concerning (an area of expertise)
route; path; channel (e.g. sales, distribution)
possession; retention; maintenance
by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking
third party; third person; outsider; disinterested person
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
place; room; margin; scope
to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out
sharp-eared; have sharp ears; picks things up fast
good fortune (esp. omikuji fortune-telling result); good luck; auspiciousness; unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)
hill; height; knoll; rising ground
to reach one's ears; to come to one's knowledge; to hear about; to learn of (by chance)
under control (e.g. of territory)
to fall into (e.g. a hole); to fall into (chaos, depression, dilemma, illness, etc.); to fall into (a trap, etc.); to fall; to surrender
large part; greater part; people in general; general public; mostly; for the most part
estimate; guess; direction; bearings; registration mark (printing); approximately
through; throughout; through (the good offices of); by way of
to go to; to proceed to; to leave for
middle of the night; dead of night
decoy (for hunting); stool; lure; decoy; stool pigeon
right in the center (centre)
trace; tracks; site; remains; scar
to put on (lower-body clothing, e.g. pants, skirt, footwear); to wear; to affix (a sword to one's hip); (arch.) to affix (a bowstring to a bow)
sky; the air; weather; far-off place; distant place; state of mind; feeling
madder (esp. Japanese madder, Rubia argyi); madder (red color)
to appear ...; to look like ...; to seem ...; to have a trace of; to be tinged with
group; bunch; crowd; group
corporate body; corporation; (legal) person; (juridical) person
to hire for exclusive use; to reserve; to charter
scenery; scene; landscape; scene (e.g. of a crime)
wintry; very cold-looking (e.g. landscape); bleak (e.g. room, street); desolate; empty (of furnishings)