backward glance; sidelong glance; faceless ghost with an eye in its rump
market (for goods, services, etc.); outlet (for selling); opening
to be talked about; to get a name for oneself; to get publicity
merchant; trader; expert (in a trade or profession); professional; woman working in the nightlife business (bar or nightclub hostess, geisha, etc.); demimondaine
willpower; guts; determination; character; nature; disposition
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
flinchingly; falteringly; being overwhelmed; staggeringly; totteringly; unsteadily
(the) whole; as a whole; in general; at large
war; battle; match; game; competition
to be left without means of sustenance; to be turned adrift in the streets; to be rendered homeless; to be out in the cold; to be down and out
thousands; several thousand
(period of) a year; during an era
pay; salary; wages; allowance; grant; supply
guarantee; security; assurance; pledge; warranty
greedy; avaricious; rapacious; insatiable
to be eloquent; to have a way with words
to talk (a person) down; to confute
maritime; marine transportation
to maintain itself; to last; to make itself pay; to make a living; to keep going
earthenware; pottery; yakimono; flame-broiled food (esp. fish); tempered blade
stock-farming; livestock farming; cattle breeding
small build; small stature; petite; small pattern
muscular; lean (of a company's operations, etc.)
father; dad; papa; pa; pop; daddy
Why?; Why not?; What for?; What's wrong?
manufactured goods; finished goods; product
capital; funds; seed money; asset
older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am
untalkative; quiet; taciturn; reticent; uncommunicative
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
child's face; childlike face; boyish face; baby face
to sell wholesale; to grate (e.g. vegetables); to cut up fish
price; cost; value; worth; value
to fly into a rage; to lose one's temper; to flare up; to break out