tonkatsu sauce; sauce made from ketchup, Worcester, soy, mirin, mustard, etc.
being very active; being very useful; playing a very active part; making a spectacular showing; great efforts; splendid work
to blow upon; to breathe on; to pick (a fight); to force (unreasonable terms); to exaggerate; to overcharge
standard item; usual thing; (a) classic; basic item (with stable demand); staple goods
commodity; article of commerce; goods; stock; merchandise
gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase
principal occupation; core business
the whole day; all the day
interval; break; pause; spare moment
good performance; good work; great success
extraordinary; special; exceptional; non-standard grammatical construction; ungrammatical usage; solecism
income; receipts; revenue
success; prosperity; boom
clothes; garment; gown; robe; coating (e.g. glaze, batter, icing)
long time; long interval; for quite some time
to be submerged; to be soaked; to be pickled; to be well seasoned; to be totally immersed (in a condition, e.g. laziness)
several years; a few years
entire world; whole world; world stage
fat; tallow; lard; grease
production output; number of goods manufactured
a considerable number; a fair number
cookware; cooking utensil
to attract interest; to capture attention
permeation (of thought, ideology, culture, etc.); infiltration (e.g. of ideas); permeation (of a liquid, etc.); soaking; osmosis
desire; want; will; wish; urge; craving
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
tool; means; ingredients (added to soup, rice, etc.); counter for sets of armor, utensils, furniture, etc.
steamed bun; steamed bread
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
manjū (steamed bun) with meat filling