barely keeping a business going (analogy that a bicycle falls over when its wheels cease rotating)
to mount up; to pile up; to accumulate; to increase
direct talks; direct negotiations; talking to somebody in person
everyday life; daily life
people; men and women; each person; everybody
to earn (income); to make (money); to score (points, victory); to gain (time); to work hard (at one's job); to labor
to discuss; to talk together
on the cheap side; comparatively cheap; wait tile which produces a winning hand with a lower score
to rebuild; to reconstruct
strategy meeting; council of war
quality; value; nature; inherent quality; logical quality
going in and out; entering and exiting; visiting regularly; frequenting; income and expenditure; incomings and outgoings; increase and decrease
et cetera; etc.; and the like; the likes of; something like
wife; (arch.) my dear; (arch.) dear; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); embellishment
average amount from one customer
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
to sound shrill (of a voice); to sound high-pitched and excited; to get excited; to become restless; to be thrown too high; to come in high
conviction; belief; confidence
wooden figure; wooden doll; puppet; blockhead; good-for-nothing; fool
the truth; fact; as it is; as you are; frank; bare plain
anyone; anybody; everyone; whoever
fault; defect; flaw; failure (in an examination); failing grade
lower part; foot; lower direction; left part of the stage (audience's or camera's POV); stage right (actor's POV)
today and tomorrow; today or tomorrow; in a day or two; very soon
any moment now; any minute now; as soon as possible; right away
order; sequence; procedure
quite capable of ...; could happen; not unlikely to
curiosity; inquisitiveness
lack of words; being tongue-tied; suppressing what you want to say
to make absolutely sure; to make doubly sure
opinion; point of view; visual point
contrivance; to invent; to devise; to think out
elder brother; one's senior; older man; man older than oneself
bikini (swimwear); Bikini island
to get burned and stuck on (e.g. rice in a pan); to become uncollectable (e.g. debt or loan); to become irrecoverable; to remain unchanged (e.g. stock market)
guest seating (e.g. theater, stadium); passenger seat (e.g. taxi); audience
large serving; large portion