to enquire; to inquire; to seek information
procurement; purchase; buying; school store; co-op; school canteen
commodity; article of commerce; goods; stock; merchandise
market price; speculation (e.g. on stocks); reputation (according to conventional wisdom); estimation
pipe; tube; channels, official or otherwise; (business) connections; tobacco pipe
all; whole; entire; complete (set); in total
transactions; dealings; business
counter; window; teller window; contact person; point of contact
big; large; drastic; full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)
price reduction; discount
far away; far off; far; long ago; long before
depending on the situation; should time and circumstances permit
supposing; even if; granting that; temporarily; provisionally; for the time being
face; mask; face guard; (in kendo) striking the head; surface (esp. a geometrical surface); page; aspect
leveling up; raising the level (of); boosting; improving; improvement; rising to the next level
to jump up; to spring up; to jump (market, price, etc.); to rise sharply; to act rashly; to jump the gun
to paw (at) the ground; to struggle (using one's arms and legs); to flounder; to struggle (to escape an adverse situation); to strive
one in a million (chance, etc.); one in ten thousand; in the unlikely event that
chance to win; opportunity to win; chance of victory
happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying
enjoyable; fun; pleasant; happy; delightful
to have no chance (of succeeding)
face; honour; honor; appearance; look
to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)
blind alley; cul-de-sac; dead end street; deadlock; impasse; dead end
bad ending (in a film, novel, etc.); unhappy ending
failure; defective article; dead loss; good-for-nothing; worthless person; flop
no chance of; no way that; certainly not; will never happen
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
to cease; to stop; to be over
... years since construction; ... years old (of a building); built in ...
everywhere; all over; throughout
moisture; humidity; dampness
odour; odor; scent; aura; whiff; smacks of ...
to contain; to comprise; to hold in the mouth; to bear in mind; to understand; to express (emotion, etc.)
to hang low over (e.g. clouds); (arch.) to seclude oneself (behind screens, curtain, etc.)