how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how
list price; regular price; established price
sales; selling; marketing
obstruction of business; interference with business
out-of-print record; out-of-print CD
thank you for your continued patronage
longed-for; anxiously awaited
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
wife; (arch.) my dear; (arch.) dear; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); embellishment
with a rustling sound; (rummaging) around
boom; bang; wham; Oh my God!; What a shock!
malicious; ill-tempered; unkind
congratulation; congratulations; celebration; congratulatory gift; present
health; healthy; sound; fit
strenuous exertion; spurt; splurge
to amass; to accumulate; to store; to leave unpaid
loan; roan; lawn (i.e. short grass); lawn (type of cotton cloth)
standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller; stretching oneself; overreaching oneself; overstretching oneself; trying to do something beyond one's ability
to replace; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute
just now; a little while back; a short time ago
aimlessly; unexpectedly (showing up); slowly swaying; staggering; moving feebly
of late; lately; this part; this point; here
to profit; to benefit from; to take advantage of; to make good use of
to insert; to put in; to send in (to a prisoner; e.g. clothes, books); to deliver (food, refreshments, etc. to workers); to supply
eastern direction; the Orient; eastern fighter in a match (e.g. sumo wrestling)
sea bream (Sparidae); porgy; tai (species of reddish-brown Pacific sea bream, Pagrus major)
to go to; to proceed to; to leave for
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
search (esp. for someone or something missing); manhunt; legally authorized search of a person, building, etc.
800,000; eight hundred thousand
town; city; municipal; urban
coincident with; while; simultaneously
millennium; one thousand years; (fig.) long time
face; looks; vestiges; trace
study; research; investigation
worthy of; worth doing; worth having
university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being