to jump up; to spring up; to jump (market, price, etc.); to rise sharply; to act rashly; to jump the gun
special characteristic; special quality; trait; idiosyncrasy; peculiarity
majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly
composition; construction; formation; makeup; structure; organization
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
pure; true; genuine; unmixed
market (financial, stock, domestic, etc.); marketplace; exchange; (street) market
being somewhat excited (agitated)
wish; desire; hope; prospect; expectation; (one's) hopes
to take a breath; to take a short rest
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
one day; all day (long); throughout the day; first day of the month
bathtub (esp. wooden and bucket-shaped); small bucket used while bathing
sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages; counter for cupfuls, bowlfuls, spoonfuls, etc.; counter for boats; counter for octopuses and squid; cup (in sports)
relatively; comparatively
to dive (into or under water); to get under; to get into; to hide oneself (esp. from the government); to conceal oneself
to gather up; to scrape up together; to rake
apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal
origin; source; exit; point of departure; time to take action
unclear; obscure; unknown; unidentified; ignorance; lack of wisdom
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
highly priced; expensive; valuable; costly
circulation (money, goods, etc.); distribution; circulation (air, water, etc.); ventilation; negotiable (e.g. shares); distributional
as a matter of fact; to tell the truth
hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little
at once; immediately; right now
one sheet; one page; one block of tofu; one serving (in a restaurant); one long and narrow thing (e.g. guns, scissors, spades, hoes, inksticks, palanquins, candles, jinrikishas, shamisen, oars, etc.); one chō (unit of distance, 109.09 m); one game
to make (good) progress; to move right ahead (with the work); to advance
wow!; oh!; yeah!; alright!; waah!; boohoo!
hardening; vulcanization; hardening (of attitude, stance, etc.); stiffening; upturn (in the market); firming up
thin; pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.) not much (of a presence)
to be extremely difficult; to present a major challenge
(powers of) concentration; ability to concentrate
to run out of; to be short of; to be out of stock; to be out of (e.g. breath); to lose (one's patience, concentration, etc.)
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more