event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
several years; a few years
prohibited item; banned item
to abide (by the rules); to keep to the regulations
opening a new shop; opening a shop (for the day)
to be buried; to be covered; to overflow; to be crowded; to be repaid (e.g. debt); to be replenished
to apply pressure from above; to press down; to overwhelm; to overpower; to repress
to sell well; to sell out; to be worldly and understanding; to be sensible; to be sorted out; to be put in order
passage; pathway; roadway; avenue; aisle
starting to work in a shop; joining a shop as an employee; going inside a shop; opening up a shop (in a building, etc.)
to join together; to combine; to join up
alphabet; ABCs; the ABCs (of); basics; activity-based costing; ABC
product bundling; tie-in-sale; package deal
to call a person's attention (to)
to obey respectfully; to humble oneself; to sit straight (upright, respectfully, attentively)
one plot (of land); one block (i.e. one city block); one area; one brush stroke; one kanji stroke
going to and fro; back and forth
to be free; to be available
to pity; to feel sympathy for; to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to commiserate with; to have mercy on
not quite (right); not very good; somewhat (lacking)
visitor; attendee; spectator; guest; audience
to form a line; to queue up; to line up
here and there; in twos and threes; sporadically; now and then; from time to time; occasionally
to persuade; to coax; to solicit; to seduce; to make advances; to make a play
standard; set; routine; decided
call; visit; inquiry; enquiry; question
(instruction) manual; operations manual; basic rules (pertaining to how a job should be carried out); (car with) manual transmission
overprotective; excessive care; overprotection; overprotectiveness
to feel uncomfortable; to be offended; to have a bad time
healing; soothing; therapy; comfort; solace
consensus; collective will; collective opinion
to vomit; to throw up; to emit; to send forth; to give (an opinion); to make (a comment)
to smile broadly; to grin widely
to catch sight of; to come into view; to happen to see
to be vague; to speak ambiguously; to be evasive; to not commit oneself
example; simile; metaphor; allegory