Eh?; What?; Come on!; Damn!
purple; violet; Lithospermum erythrorhizon (species of gromwell); type of soy sauce
diviner; fortune teller; soothsayer
fortune-telling; divination
art; technique; means; way; trick; trap
skillful words; deceitful words; glibness
fee; charge; rate; material
claim; demand; charge; application; request; billing (for a service)
swindler; fraudster; trickster; con man
the future (usually distant); future tense; the world to come
rare; uncommon; rare; lightly cooked; rhea (bird of family Rheidae); Rhea (Greek goddess)
spurious article; forgery; counterfeit; imitation; sham
weak; feeble; delicate; frail; helpless
very interesting; of great interest
cause and effect; causality; karma; fate; unfortunate; unlucky
to fish; to angle; to catch; to lure in; to tempt; to attract
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
whole; entirety; whatever (is the matter)
regrettable; vexing; upsetting; unthinkable; wholly unexpected
reader (person); person who reads the cards (in karuta games); composer (of a poem)
pride; self-confidence; thinking highly of oneself; being proud of one's abilities or achievements
slipping out (a chuckle, giggle); unintentionally (letting out a quiet laugh)
daring; fearless; intrepid; bold; tough
to lose (money, etc.); to waste one's (time, etc.); to have one's efforts come to naught
to often be the case; to occur frequently; to be common; to be popular
to dress (oneself in); to attire oneself in; to adorn; to pretend; to feign; to affect
in fact; as a matter of fact; actually; in reality; to tell the truth
occupation; profession; job; vocation; trade; calling
on the surface; ostensibly; superficially; apparently
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
around there; near there; or thereabouts; or so; such a matter; such a thing
territory; domain; dominion; possession; sphere of action
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
genuine article; real thing; real deal
personal (employee); employed; retained
to employ; to hire; to charter