dumbfounded; in mute amazement
purchase; buying; buying used articles as a company; trade-in; purchase on a no-return policy; lump-sum payment
to accept; to receive; to agree
entry (in a form, register, diary, etc.); filling in; filling out
address (e.g. of house); residence; domicile
to fill in (field, entry, etc.); to fill out (form); to post a message (e.g. on a bulletin-board); to store; to write (data); to flash
signed book; autographed book
to sigh; to breathe a sigh
amount of money; sum of money
unsociable; unfriendly; blunt; surly; curt; cold
to get between; to be caught in
binder; clipboard; binding machine (wheat, etc.); binder
large size (paper, book, etc.); ōban; large oval gold coin used in the Edo period
tag; slip; label; sticker
to wrinkle up (one's eyebrows, one's nose); to furrow; to crimple
focus (e.g. photographic); focal point
superfine; extra-fine; extremely thin; extra-fine woollen yarn
sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement
another time; some other time
breathing; respiration; knack; trick; harmony; balance
to flow into; to pour into; to stream into
all over the body; from head to foot; all over
to loaf (particularly on the job); to idle one's time away; to dawdle
query; interrogation; enquiry; question; inquiry
exit; gateway; way out; outlet; vent; leak
footwork; mobility; flexibility; adaptability
to slip through; to make one's way through quickly
people; men and women; each person; everybody
very much; exceedingly; extremely
surely; certainly; without doubt
basket (shopping, etc.); hamper; cage
to be convinced (that); to be under the impression (that); to make up one's mind; to set one's heart on; to be obsessed (with a thought, idea, etc.); to think about obsessively
to encourage someone to expect something; to raise someone's hopes
to refuse; to reject; to decline; to prevent (from doing); to deny (e.g. access); to block
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
check; keeping in check; containment (of enemy forces); diversionary action; pickoff throw; holding a runner on base
puzzling; tangled; complicated; complex
to outwit; to outmanoeuvre; to steal a march on; to get the jump on; to anticipate; to forestall
son (of others); boy; young master; green young man from a well-to-do family; young man innocent of the ways of the world
opposite effect; adverse effect; backfiring