thirty-first day of the month; thirty-one days
to run (a business); to operate; to carry out; to perform; to hold (a Buddhist or Shinto ceremony)
to sell wholesale; to grate (e.g. vegetables); to cut up fish
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
prosperity; flourishing; thriving
business; trade; operations; sales
good times; boom; (wave of) prosperity
business hours; opening hours; office hours
question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion
weather; the elements; fair weather; fine weather
confections; sweets; candy; cake
to gather; to crowd round; to sponge (off someone); to scrounge; to extort; to take (money) through intimidation
to get (a joke or explanation); to strike home; to click; to know intuitively
the world in general; society; convention
distant (from someone); aloof; estranged; knowing little (of); ill-informed (about); ignorant (of)
ancestor; forefather; foremother
soul; spirit; departed soul; ghost
this world; this life; world of the living
returning home; visiting one's parents; new bride's first visit to parents
to celebrate; to congratulate; to present (a gift) in celebration; to drink in celebration; to wish for (a happy future, good fortune, etc.); to pray for
festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy
to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)
badness; evilness; bad; evil
costume; fancy dress; masquerade; converted (cruiser)
to hide; to conceal oneself
evil; wickedness; (role of) the villain (in theatre, etc.); the bad guy
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
treatment; service; handling (of a machine, tool, etc.); operation; treating as; treating like
to take offense (at); to take offence (at); to feel hurt (by)
to fan (oneself, flames, etc.); to flap (in the wind); to instigate; to stir up; to drive up prices (by buying a large amount of something); to take a photo from a low angle; to tailgate
offering (e.g. to the gods); votive offering
dot; spot; mark (in an exam, etc.); grade; point (in a game); score; point (in geometry)
to consider as; to regard (as equivalent); to deem (as); to equate
to demand money; to pester; to extort
mischief; prank; pastime; hobby; playing with (a lighter, etc.); fooling around with
pet saying; favorite phrase (favorite); stock phrase; manner of talking