sales promotion; hard selling
suitable person; well-qualified person; responsible party; responsible person
potential; latent faculties; potential capacities
execution; punishment; spanking
to invite in; to show someone in
fee paid to performing artists, etc.; appearance fee
to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to
to pay attention to another's needs; to attend to; to fuss about; to take into consideration
as many (people) as possible
muddy water; red-light district
seeing things in a favourable light (favorable)
to drain; to flow (unobstructed); to sell well; to be in good demand; to exit the stage; to remove (a prop) from the stage
manufactured goods; finished goods; product
5,000,000; five million; (arch.) many
to carry forward (i.e. on a balance sheet); to transfer
sound argument; fair argument; just reasoning
to add (to); to add on; to append
getting rich quick; making a killing; making a fortune at a single stroke
to get angry; to become perverse
locking on (to a target, esp. by radar)
being somewhat (half) joking; half seriously; half in jest; in a jocular vein
mischievous child; scamp; rascal; elf; imp
huge rock; firmness; solidity
divining sticks; counting; calculation
dispute; controversy; debate; argument; taking issue
to crack a joke; to tell a joke
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
wiping out; sweeping away; eradicating; dispelling
to turn a deaf ear to; to not listen to; to not get the message
Urashima Tarō; (a) Rip van Winkle; fairy-tale fisherman who, after visiting the underwater Palace of the Dragon King, returns centuries later
younger princess; Oto Hime; Princess of the Dragon Palace (from the story of Urashima Tarō)
settlement; conclusion; summary