tear; tears; lachrymal secretion; sympathy
crackling; cracking; clapping; incessantly (blinking)
to bake; to plate; to print; to burn into one's memory; to sear into one's consciousness
had better ...; had better not ...
ghostleg lottery; ladder lottery; lottery in which participants trace a line across a lattice pattern to determine the winner
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather
to add (numbers); to add (something); to top up (with something); to take care of (e.g. one's business)
to use; to make use of; to utilize; to utilise
to see through; to see into (someone's heart, mind, etc.); to perceive; to find out; to detect
sink (e.g. in a kitchen); cruising (e.g. taxi); strolling (entertainer, musician, etc.); washing area (in a Japanese-style bath); back-washing service (in a public bath); floating (something on water)
duck; easy mark; sucker; sitting duck
to watch steadily; to stare
business ability; business acumen
trade; business; commerce; occupation; calling; profession
this and that; this or that; one thing or another; this way and that
ornament; decorative object; object placed in a tokonoma; figurehead; leader without real power
restoration; return; reduction; resolution; deoxidization
to be profitable; to yield a profit
structure; construction; arrangement; plan; plot; contrivance
(Buddhist) lecture meeting; religious association; mutual assistance association (i.e. for financial assistance)
a little bit; a little while
multi-level marketing; MLM; network marketing; pyramid selling
noisily (playing a musical instrument); doing something on and on
to profit; to get; to have (bear, beget) a child; to have a stroke of luck
exploitation; bleeding dry; squeezing dry; milking (e.g. a cow's teat); extracting (a liquid) through squeezing
society; public; community; social studies
swindler; fraudster; trickster; con man
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
decapitation; beheading; firings; dismissals; small samurai sword used for decapitation
business; trade; operations; sales
cancellation; withdrawal; abolition; revocation; cancel; CAN
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
street stall; stand; booth
to scold; to chide; to rebuke; to reprimand
to read (a book); to open (a book) to read; to unravel (e.g. a mystery); to discover (the truth)
shopkeeper; storekeeper; proprietor of a shop
service business (hotel, restaurant, entertainment); service industry
required subject; compulsory course