market price; speculation (e.g. on stocks); reputation (according to conventional wisdom); estimation
rising rapidly (e.g. prices, popularity); soaring; skyrocketing; going through the roof
vast; extensive; immense; huge; large; grand
town; block; downtown; main street; street; road
and so; therefore; for that reason
trade; business; trading; turnover; sales; takings
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
double; twice (as much); times (as much); -fold; 1-nth; 1 to n
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
weapon; arms; ordnance; weapon (something used to gain an advantage); asset
meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up
to appear on the market; to be in season (e.g. fruit); to circulate widely; to make the rounds; to go around
to weave within (hair, fabric, etc.); to braid
(around the) neck; nape; collar (at the front)
whispering; murmuring; subdued
inheritance; bequest; legacy; heritage
vast; huge; immense; malva nut (Sterculia lychnophora)
bamboo (any grass of subfamily Bambusoideae); middle (of a three-tier ranking system)
sink (e.g. in a kitchen); cruising (e.g. taxi); strolling (entertainer, musician, etc.); washing area (in a Japanese-style bath); back-washing service (in a public bath); floating (something on water)
to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke
fighting with one's back to the wall; having burnt one's bridges; last stand; from strategy of general Han Xin in the Battle of Jingxing
to play with fire; to do something very dangerous; to take a great risk; (lit.) to step on a tiger's tail
clicking one's tongue; tut-tut; smacking one's lips (with relish)
manner of speaking; verbal argument; objection; protesting a decision (esp. that of a sumo referee); rumor; rumour
advance guard; vanguard; avant-garde (e.g. music)
to sit in a row; to be arrayed
slowly (but steadily); gradually; irritatedly; impatiently; scorchingly (of the sun); sizzling (i.e. sound of frying in oil); sound of a warning bell, alarm clock, etc.
to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel
to rush into; to surge into; to crowd into
iron (Fe); strong and hard (as iron); railway; railway enthusiast
provision; supply; payment; allowance; grant
call; summons; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse); (arch.) high-ranking prostitute in the Yoshiwara district (Edo period); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute in the Fukagawa red-light district (Edo period)
morale (of troops, team, etc.); esprit de corps
to raise; to lift; to boost; to enhance
ceremony; rite; ritual; service
to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept