nightless gay quarters; nightless city
nightclub with hostesses; risqué bar; dubious nightclub
touting; tout; barker; pander
company president; manager; director
sleeve; wing (of a stage, desk, gate, etc.)
laughing at an inappropriate time; not being able to hold back one's laughter; scornful laughter; snicker; snigger
24 hours; twenty-four hours
kitchen knife; carving knife; (arch.) cooking; (arch.) food
perishable foods; perishables
packing; packaging; face mask; face pack; puck
basket (shopping, etc.); hamper; cage
restlessly; aimlessly; to loiter; to drift; to be restless; to fuss
employee (of a store); shop assistant; clerk; salesperson
(eating) noisily; (chewing) with an open mouth; crumpled; creased; messy; disorderly
bar code; comb over (on a balding man); combover
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
device; instrument; vessel; container; ability; capacity
commodity; article of commerce; goods; stock; merchandise
to look (stare) back at (somebody); to look at again; to re-examine; to prove oneself superior (to someone who had previously been condescending); to look back (behind oneself)
triumphant; exultant; in high and proud spirits
to turn back; to go back; to come back; to return; to retrace one's steps
to run up (a hill, stairs etc.); to dash up; to rush up
here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now
so much (something) as to (e.g. so moved as to cry); overwhelmed; carried away; because of too much
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to throw down; to throw out; to abandon; to resign; to give freely; to give generously
to resign; to abandon; to step aside; to back out of; to retire; to get away
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
to trip (over); to stumble; to fail; to suffer a setback
skillful; skilled; proficient; flattery
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
thin; pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.) not much (of a presence)
gum; rubber; eraser; condom
to separate (by distance, time, etc.); to isolate; to interpose; to have between; to alienate; to estrange
to freeze (in fear, surprise, etc.); to cower; to flinch; to shrink up; to shrink; to shrivel up
to stir up; to poke (the fire); to beat (an egg); to arouse (interest, feelings, etc.); to stir; to stoke
all that one has; all that there is; the whole
to squeeze out; to wring out
to end; to be finished; to die; to perish; to do utterly; to do completely