gaudy; showy; garish; crooked; vicious; wicked
transactions; dealings; business
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
to strike; to clap; to play drums; to abuse; to bash; to consult; to sound out
to pluck; to pick; to tear
fish gong; fish wood block; temple block; round, hollow, wood block (vaguely fish-shaped, usu. with scales), struck while chanting sutras
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
contrary to expectations; or so we thought, but ...
interruption; suspension; break
hairline; borders of the hair
to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)
important position; strategic point; important point; main point; essentials
to keep talking; to go on and on; to talk non-stop
work (e.g. of art); production; harvest; cultivation; technique
to use one thing for several purposes; to use the same thing on multiple occasions; to work someone hard; to order around; to boss
to deceive; to falsify; to dodge; to beg the question (issue, difficulties); to varnish over; to gloss over
easy; simple; simple (way of thinking, etc.); simple-minded; soft; lax
having; holding; wear; durability; charge; expense
bodily sensation; sense; experience
to get distracted; to jump off the track
side job (outside of one's main employment); side gig; part job (carried out at home); home industry; (secretly) working on something unrelated to the class (or conference, etc.) one is attending
business; trade; operations; sales
to delay; to postpone; to put off; to slow down; to hold up; to retard
number of long thin objects (movies, TV programs, baseball games, etc.) (programmes)
speech; utterance; starting to speak; word used to start a sentence
learning; acquisition (of a skill, knowledge, etc.)
convenient; useful; finding useful; coming in handy; (priceless) treasure
to start (something); to start up; to boot (a computer); to launch (a business)
from the place (where); from the fact that ...; caused by the fact that ...; because
to employ; to hire; to charter
minigame; mini game; subgame; practice game (usu. with reduced players)
lasting long; continuation; keeping at (something); sticking to (something)
to be profitable; to yield a profit
charging for in-game items; microtransaction
to turn (around); to appropriate; to set aside for a purpose
one mind; wholeheartedness; one's whole heart
to contemplate; to ponder; to think long about; to turn over in one's mind
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not