three times (as much); treble; triple; threefold
exceedingly; extremely; decisively
unwritten law; common law; unwritten rule
reversal; return; return gift; return favour (favor); barb (on a fishing hook); mixture of soy sauce, sugar and mirin
to jump; to leap; to break up; to close; to hit (e.g. to have a car hit something or someone)
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
to let the tension out of one's shoulders; to relax; to not take oneself too seriously
price; cost; value; worth; value
to be expensive; to be costly
300; three hundred; 300 mon; trifling amount; shyster
opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
chill; the shivers; shivering fit; cold; coldness; cold air
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
burden; load; responsibility; bearing (a cost, responsibility, etc.); shouldering
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
to watch over; to watch attentively
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
business world; business circles; (the) industry
man; male; masculine gender
to fan (oneself, flames, etc.); to flap (in the wind); to instigate; to stir up; to drive up prices (by buying a large amount of something); to take a photo from a low angle; to tailgate
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
basis; foundation; grounds; authority
to add (numbers); to add (something); to top up (with something); to take care of (e.g. one's business)
sexy; popular; well-liked
clap (sound of wooden clappers); chop vigorously; slight movement (e.g. poke, small bird alighting); the end; originally end of a play, marked by clap of clappers; dot (esp. typographical)
to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on
mumblingly; mutteringly; unintelligibly
word ending; way of ending one's words; slip of the tongue; verbal mistake
to make muddy (of a liquid); to make cloudy; to make turbid; to make ambiguous; to evade (e.g. the point); to be noncommittal about
in a hurry; hastily; in feverish haste
on closer reflection; on second thought; come to think of it; actually