depression; recession; slump
privately run store; one-man business; mom-and-pop store
supermarket; subtitles; telop; superheterodyne; super
child of the times; modern kid; kids of today; with-it youngster
personality; character; individuality; personhood
unspecified large number (of people)
to spread (e.g. a rumor); to circulate; to disseminate
rash; thoughtless; careless; hasty; imprudent
shopping; purchased goods
mammoth (esp. the woolly mammoth, Mammuthus primigenius)
beginning and end; doing something from beginning to end; being unchanged from beginning to end; from beginning to end; the whole time
to become less crowded; to thin out; to get empty; to be hungry
order; system; structure; set-up; organization; organisation
destruction; disruption; (application) crash
Amitabha (Buddha); Amida; ghostleg lottery; ladder lottery; wearing a hat pushed back on one's head
kemari; type of football played by courtiers in ancient Japan
ohajiki; traditional Japanese children's game similar to marbles, played with coin-shaped pieces made of coloured glass or plastic
knob; handle; snack (to have with a drink); side dish; a pinch (e.g. of salt); (file) handle
waste of time; killing time
(looking) blankly; vacantly; dazedly; (staring) in puzzlement; with a look of amazement
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
arranged; taken care of; settled; completed; finished
to complain; to make a complaint
to disagree; to dispute; to fight (over)
to say; to tell; to state; to do
private; confidential; informal; secret; (within the) family circle; (on the) inside
to stop; to stay (e.g. the night); to contain; to keep (in position, in place); to record (e.g. a fact); to retain
to deepen; to heighten; to intensify
profitable plan; good plan
to expose; to disclose; to lay bare; to confess
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
persuasiveness; powers of persuasion; cogency
something like ...; something called ...
fragment; broken piece; chip; ounce (of truth, conscience, etc.); trace; shred
this and that; this or that; one thing or another; this way and that
interference; meddling; butting in