sales; selling; marketing
currently accepting (applications, etc.)
front; frontage; facade; main
in that manner; like that
consecutive defeats; series of defeats
victory; triumph; conquest; success; win
that night; that evening; over the course of the evening
rickets; boneless; spineless
chicken; coward; scaredy-cat; chicken
destructive power; destructive energy; destructive force
to let out; to utter; to issue; to send; to leave; to depart
to think (something) is improper; to question; to have a problem with
on the bone (meat, etc.); unboned; skeletal system; skeleton
Kentucky; Kentucky Fried Chicken; KFC
talk; story; conversation
discussion; deliberation; thought; opinion
never (even in error); never, ever; never, no matter what happens; by no means
vitality; (one's) life force
(only) one option; one possible choice
stinging (pain); smarting; tingling
thin rice porridge; watery cooked rice; rice gruel; congee
unflavored rice porridge; rice porridge made of only white rice and water
branch; bough; limb; twig; sprig; spray
white-eye family of birds (Zosteropidae); Japanese white-eye (Zosterops japonicus)
retirement (from work); leading a quiet life (after retirement); retired person; retiree; surrendering headship of the family (pre-WWII)
to wither (of a plant); to be blasted; to die; to mature (of one's personality, abilities, etc.)
engawa; external corridor on the outer side of traditional Japanese houses; bone at the base of a fin; meat at the base of a fin (esp. of a flatfish)
detached house; single house; single building; isolated house; house in isolated location
to continue to work; to work away (at)
to blurt out; to let slip; to say inadvertently; to come out with (e.g. nonsense)
risky; dangerous; insecure
war; fighting; fierce competition
self-consciousness; self-awareness
breaking through; breakthrough; surmounting; overcoming; exceeding; passing
being put off (by someone's words, behaviour, etc.); being taken aback; recoiling (in shock, disgust, etc.); zooming out or pulling the camera back to get a wider image (in film and TV)
growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
duty; obligation; responsibility
that child; that kid; that boy; (arch.) you
taking the extenuating circumstances into consideration
testimony; (verbal) evidence
world; society; people; the public
(doing) various things; (doing) this and that; being apt to; being prone to; at any rate; anyhow
nonexistent; unreal; imaginary; spurious