trade; business; trading; turnover; sales; takings
high-pressure salesmanship; the hard sell; aggressive peddling
fraud; swindle; graft; saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them
phantom; vision; illusion
devotion; attachment; infatuation
lump (of flour, etc.); clump (of ground meat, etc.)
worried look; worried expression
shopkeeper; storekeeper; proprietor of a shop
party (of people); set (of people); clan; family; fellow
evaluation; criticism; commenting on; assessment; estimation
to palm off; to force a sale
ulterior motive; plot; scheme; complicated circumstances; intricacies
to look down on; to treat with contempt; to treat disparagingly; to sneer at
(in gagaku or noh) middle section of a song
to win the favour of (favor); to be acknowledged (e.g. by a superior); to measure up to
to take aim (at); to set one's sights (on); to zero in (on)
eerie; hair-raising; exaggerated; ostentatious
national parliament or congress building (e.g. National Diet Building (Japan), United States Capitol (USA), Houses of Parliament (UK), etc.)
trick that may deceive a child; transparent ploy; mere child's play; kid stuff; puerile trick
to stick; to get stuck; to be unavailable; to be busy; to be piled up (e.g. of work); to halt (in one's speech)
prohibition of use (of); ban on using (something)
agreement (e.g. business, dispute); understanding; compromise; mutual relations (between family members, coworkers, etc.)
gorilla (Gorilla spp., esp. western gorilla, Gorilla gorilla)
Japanese sword (usu. single-edged and curved); Japanese bladed weapon
bugling (sound); honking; grumbling; complaining; car; automobile
squeak; cheep; slurp; sucking noisily; mouse
stiff (atmosphere, manner, etc.); cold; unfriendly; thin and bony; scrawny
conch (esp. Charonia tritonis); trumpet shell
to be urgent; to be pressing; to be imminent
to shake; to jolt; to shake (e.g. the political world); to disturb; to put off a batter (by varying one's type of pitch)
crowding together; clustering together; close formation; swarm
ventilation; communication (within an organisation); openness