simplified receipt with a blank line to be filled out with the customer's name (used specifically for claiming expenses); hand-written receipt
don't worry about it; it's nothing; don't give it a thought
typical; representative; archetypal; quintessential; stereotypical; model
banter; teasing; chaffing; merely asking the price; just looking at goods; window-shopping
impossible to understand; impossible to decipher
aestheticism; pursuit of beauty; obsession with beautiful things
to harden; to solidify; to become firm; to become certain; to gather (together); to assemble
one's favourite party trick (favorite); one's specialty; No. 18; eighteenth; repertoire of 18 kabuki plays
attentively; with great attention to detail (e.g. when teaching); patiently
rowdiness; rowdy (person or event)
sharp ear; long ears; ability to remember everything one hears
sneakily; secretly; stealthily; on the sly
to do something in readiness for; to get something (needful) done
trio; gang of three; threesome
chancy trade or business with uncertain profitability; night entertainment business (e.g. hostess bar); nightlife business
soundly (of sleeping); (sleeping) like a log
gambling; gaming; speculation; undertaking a risky venture; (arch.) professional gambler; (arch.) gamester
one mountain; pile (of something); heap; hump; worst part; large profit
scattering; leaflets; sushi rice in a box or bowl with a variety of ingredients sprinkled on top; writing in an irregular hand
to repent; to be penitent
go on!; right!; here goes!
an honest man; a good citizen
to send; to forward; to hand over (e.g. money)
public morals; discipline; rules governing social behavior
to not know what to do with; to be at a loss with; to have difficulty with; to be put out
to misperceive visually; to misread; to mistake for something or somebody else