magician; wizard; sorcerer; witch
detection (of a plot, fraud, etc.); discovery; coming to light; being uncovered
time appointed for meeting (assembling); time one is supposed to meet
cash; ready money; money on hand; mercenary; self-interested; calculating
to stand in a row (e.g. shops on a street); to line in a row; to line; to be equal to; to be on a par with
beach; seashore; seaside; coast
revitalization of a town; town renewal (project)
link (e.g. in a chain of events); part (of a plan, campaign, activities, etc.); monocyclic
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
average (normal, ordinary) year; every year; annually
prosperity; bustle; activity; crowd; turnout
trembling; getting nervous; excited; thrilled
cooking, esp. frying or stir-frying; heating; tempering; -ware
outrageous; preposterous; scandalous; inexcusable; absurd; execrable
dainty; delicate (e.g. fingers); fine; sensitive; delicate (feelings, sense, etc.); subtle
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
flat-tasting; bland; lacking in flavor; dull; flat; unimaginative
being about to cry; the verge of tears
hah (derisively); pooh; pfft (of something disappearing); poof; huff; puff
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
person who pushily takes charge when cooking a hot pot at the table; (lit.) hotpot boss
magistrate; shogunate administrator
expert; professional; master; woman in the nightlife business; demimondaine; geisha and prostitutes
to create (an atmosphere, feeling, etc.); to produce; to engender
after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means
lump; mass; group; crowd; embodiment (of an idea, quality, feeling etc.); personification
cost performance; cost effectiveness; price-performance ratio; value for money; bang for one's buck
to a surprising degree; to a remarkable extent; surprisingly; astonishingly; amazingly; alarmingly
to be entwined; to be involved
yen (Japanese monetary unit); circle
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
insult; affront; disgrace; sexual assault; rape
machine parts; machinery; equipment
technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft
personnel expenses; labor cost; labour cost; indirect labour costs; indirect labor costs
society; the world; the times
structure; construction; arrangement; plan; plot; contrivance
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed
male homosexuality; bill of lading; BL
to the core; to the bone; (lit.) to the marrow
to soak into; to permeate; to penetrate
to dis; to diss; to disrespect