sale; selling; selling point; gimmick; seller; vendor
height of summer; hottest part of summer
tolerable; passable; adequate; so-so
distant land; remote country; province far from the capital
import; importation; introduction; afferent
to start making a noise; to start making an uproar; to go berserk
transition; change; progress; passing (of time)
to boil strongly; to be excited
garden lantern; hanging lantern
alley; alleyway; teahouse garden; path through a gate (or through a garden, etc.)
to put on the market; to put out for sale; to put on sale; to become popular
(incense) pastille; round cake of incense, esp. used in incense ceremony
scripture; passage from scripture
openhearted; frank; broad-minded
fashionable thing; popular thing; craze
being cleared (doubt, misgivings, etc.); being dispelled; melting away; melting (of ice)
prediction; prejudgment; presupposition; foregone conclusion
death (of an emperor); demise
groundless rumor (rumour)
authenticity; credibility
midwinter; cold season; coldest days of the year
declaration; statement; assertion
to die; to decease; to perish; to pass away
to finish reading; to read through
acquaintance; friend; familiar face
fortune; riches; goods; incorporated foundation
means of survival; means of escape; way out of a difficulty
to have a drink; to have a few drinks
depending on the circumstances; due to (with modifying verb)
passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit
considerably; not a little; in no small numbers