to pierce; to penetrate; to sting (wound or sensitive area, etc.); to smart; to be infected (with vice); to be steeped (with prejudice)
to buy up; to lay in a stock; to stock up; to buy a lot
to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate
counter for books; volume
department store; department
bad example from which one can learn; good example of what not to do (esp. how not to behave); negative example
to get in someone's pocket; to help oneself to someone's wallet; to curry favour (favor); to butter up; to get in close to one's opponent
ticktock; chinking (e.g. of a hammer against rock); knocking; dry and hard; (frozen) stiff; hidebound
minimum; lowest; minimal; least
yearned for; longed for; missed
needle; pin; hook; stinger; thorn; hand (e.g. clock, etc.); pointer
in proportion to; just as much as
to breathe out; to breathe; to tell (a lie); to use (foul language); to vomit; to throw up
to disturb; to upset; to ruffle; to stir up; to mess up
pin (e.g. hairpin, bowling pin, golf pin, etc.); one (on dice, in cards, etc.); beginning; best; kickback
to pinch; to hold (between one's fingers); to pick up and eat; to snack on; to pick out (the main point); to summarize
to spin; to make yarn; to spin (a tale); to assemble (e.g. words); to put together
brilliant; glorious; glittering; bright; splendid (e.g. achievement, success); promising (e.g. future)
service; duty; business; Buddhist religious services
sound of footsteps; sense or sign that something is approaching
one night; all night; overnight; one evening
shopfront; storefront; shopwindow; over-the-counter
mochi; (sticky) rice cake
black-headed gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus); hooded gull
to be crowded with people; to be bustling with; to prosper; to flourish; to do thriving business
genuine; authentic; true; real
female friend; woman friend
established practice; custom
chicken; coward; scaredy-cat; chicken
idea; plan; draft; rough copy; expectation; (arch.) desk
right on the heels of yesterday, then today ...; soon after something, and yet now ...
person concerned; people involved (in an event); those concerned; staff
entrance; admission; entering
to wear (sword, decoration, etc.); to carry; to be entrusted (e.g. with a mission); to take on; to have a trace of; to be tinged with
folding chair (with tubular metal frame)
sensitive; fragile; feeble; indecisive
neutrality (incl. chemical, electrical, etc.); indifference; sexlessness; androgyny; neuter gender