to wear; to be dressed in; to be adorned in; to clad oneself with
sales company; distributor
number (on its own, without considering its proportion to the whole); overall number
to become familiar with; to fit in; to adapt oneself; to get used to; to grow accustomed to
equilibrium; good balance; poise
three sides; small offering stand
everywhere; wherever; nowhere (with neg. verb); nothing
Yomiuri (newspaper, etc. group); kawaraban (type of Edo-period single-page newspaper); yomiuri
news coverage; collecting data (e.g. for an article); covering (something for media); interview
San Francisco (abbr); Cisco Systems (abbr); Sysco
direct selling; direct sales
receiving in advance (e.g. wages, interest); taking before others; anticipation; being ahead of (e.g. the times); prefetch; anticipatory completion (i.e. finishing another's sentence)
thickheaded; slow-witted; phlegmatic; slow (of one's movements); sluggish
retailing; repeating (someone else's words, opinion, etc.); parroting; echoing
maximum preference; maximum priority; priority handling
bolt from the blue; great surprise
final stage; final stretch; live printing area (in publishing); gallery (in a theatre); driving (animals, fish, etc.); herding
irrespective of the occasion; indiscriminately
look like; sound like; savor of; smack of
visitor; attendee; spectator; guest; audience
questioner; interrogator; interpellator
Matsuda Yuusaku (1949.9.21-1989.11.6)
confused; flustered; at a loss
in-house; (on) the grounds; (in) the premises; hall; theatre; theater
to combine; to join together; to join up; to dovetail together
this country; our country
notice; bulletin; post; posting; placard
sales pitch; sales lure; catchphrase
establishment (of a business); founding
crucial; key; most important; main (point)
to have a catch; to have an ulterior motive; to be more (to something)
industrial spy; industrial espionage
under one's eyes; below one's eyes