sales pitch; sales lure; catchphrase
effect; efficacy; virtue; benefit
to mend; to patch up; to fix (hair, clothes, appearance, etc.); to adjust; to keep up appearances; to cover up (e.g. a mistake)
to ask again; to repeat one's question; to ask back; to ask in return; to counter
worldly desires; evil passions; appetites of the flesh; klesha (polluting thoughts such as greed, hatred and delusion, which result in suffering)
willow (any tree of genus Salix); weeping willow (Salix babylonica)
investigation (e.g. into someone's guilt); questioning; pressing; catching up; overtaking
(stand to) attention!; standing at attention
hands behind one's back; hands tied behind one's back; behind (e.g. someone); rear; appearance from behind
closing up shop (for the day); stopping business; going out of business
heartless; cruel; causes and actions; results of actions in previous life
to give (as a gift); to present; to confer; to bestow; to award
heavy work; manual labour; feat of strength
monetary; financial; pecuniary
splitting the cost; Dutch treat
to be seething (with anger); to be frenzied; to be menacing; to be murderous
to pay no heed to; to not care about; to take no notice of
banter; teasing; chaffing; merely asking the price; just looking at goods; window-shopping
kamado; traditional Japanese wood or charcoal-fueled cook stove
artificial; unnatural; human-caused (e.g. mistake, error, disaster); man-made
around the clock; day and night
longish; moderately long; somewhat long; fairly long
closing (for the day; of a library, museum, cinema, etc.); closing down (of a library, museum, cinema, etc.)
the point just before; the point of doing; the verge of happening
to soar; to fly high; to be whirled up; to make merry; to be ecstatic; to be in high spirits
hiding one's embarrassment
at one's feet; underfoot; gait; pace; most recent; current
utmost limits; extremity; limit
personal use; private use; private business; personal business
locality; local area; limited area
indiscriminate reading; unsystematic reading; desultory reading; reading at random
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
to take home; to carry home; to bring back home; to take out (e.g. food)
going through; going via; going by way of
to live; to reside; to inhabit
to work (someone) hard; to push (someone) around
Parent-Teacher Association; PTA
meeting; assembly; association; conjunction
customer traffic; customers; custom