vacantly; blankly; openmouthed; with one's mouth wide-open; with a whack; with a thump
in that way; thus; so; so?
to respond; to satisfy; to accept; to comply with; to apply for
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
Metropolis (of Tokyo); (Tokyo) Metropolitan District; counter for cities and towns; capital
to rise (suddenly) in the world (to a higher position)
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
market (financial, stock, domestic, etc.); marketplace; exchange; (street) market
various; varied; diverse; all sorts of
commodity; article of commerce; goods; stock; merchandise
to put on the market; to put out for sale; to put on sale; to become popular
side; edge; beside; while (doing); in addition to; at the same time
show; performance; act; entertainment industry; show business
holding (a conference, exhibition, etc.); opening; hosting (e.g. the Olympics)
to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind
in history; ever; historical
partition; division; settlement of accounts; preliminary warm-up ritual; toeing the mark; directing
to entrust; to leave to a person
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
result; consequence; coming to fruition; bearing fruit; as a result; consequently
considerably; fairly; quite
to antagonize; to provoke antipathy
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
highly priced; expensive; valuable; costly
luggage; baggage; burden; payload (of a packet, cell, etc.)
transport; transportation; conveyance; carriage
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
failure; mistake; blunder
to envy; to be envious (of); to be jealous (of)
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
spirit; mind; nature; disposition; motivation; intention
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
snare; trap (for catching wild game, etc.); trap (i.e. ruse, subterfuge, etc.)
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
to employ; to hire; to charter
missing (of a person); lost; unaccounted for; whereabouts unknown
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
to destroy; to crush; to break by striking; to spoil; to ruin