is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
goodbye; farewell; so long
the grass; grassy place (esp. with long dense grass)
narrow; thin (sized); slender
to weave within (hair, fabric, etc.); to braid
Hozoin-ryu (school of sojutsu)
under the command (of); under the banner (of); influenced (by)
to slide down; to slip down
deep red; crimson; rouge; lipstick
grove of miscellaneous trees; copse; coppice; thicket
amount sold; sales; proceeds; takings; turnover
remodeling; remodelling; restructuring; modding
opening (a new store, golf course, runway, etc.); open; frank; open (car, collar, tournament, etc.)
starting to work in a shop; joining a shop as an employee; going inside a shop; opening up a shop (in a building, etc.)
to decline (in prosperity); to become deserted; to become desolate; to taper off (of a sound)
project; enterprise; business; (arch.) act; (arch.) deed; (arch.) conduct
utensil; appliance; furniture
cleaning; dry cleaning; laundry service
per-capita division; division according to the number of people
three times (as much); treble; triple; threefold
interest (on a loan, deposit, etc.)
repayment; reimbursement; refund; redemption
term; period; time frame; time limit; deadline; cutoff (date)
loan shark; high-interest consumer finance firm
usurer; usury; loansharking
expensive money; dear money; high interest
revival from the brink of death; recovering from a hopeless situation; resuscitation; revitalization
munching; crunching; scratching (an itch)
tea drinking; teahouse; tearoom; coffee lounge
materials; ingredients; material (for a novel, experiment, etc.); subject matter; grounds (for a decision, judgement, etc.); basis
kitchen door; back door; service door; host's entrance to a tea-ceremony room
trio; gang of three; threesome
to drag into; to pull into; to lure inside; to win over; to entice into