bent back; indecisive attitude; timidity; lack of nerve
storefront; front of a store
pleasant feeling; good vibes
recoil; hesitation; flinching; shrinking back
store name; shop name; restaurant name
glaringly; dazzlingly; blazingly
deduction; subtraction; balance; ebb and flow; rise and fall
low-rise (architecture); low-level; low-class
thankfully; fortunately; luckily; mercifully
look!; there!; here!; that is
running-in; breaking in (e.g. engine, etc.); accustomizing; warming up
shopfront; storefront; shopwindow; over-the-counter
payment (for labour); pay; charge; wages
episode; anecdote; vignette
to dislocate one's back; to be unable to stand up due to fear or surprise
to provide momentum; to give a boost to; to encourage; to spur; to stimulate
to re-think; to think back upon; to change one's mind
big moment (e.g. performance, in the spotlight); gala occasion; (on the) world stage
person being waited for; person who waits
to sharpen; to grind; to whet; to hone; to make keen
enka singer; singer of Japanese traditional ballads
catastrophe; cataclysm; collapse (of a relationship); breakup; split (friends, lovers, etc.)
real experience; actual observations
to resign oneself (to); to reconcile oneself (to); to accept (e.g. defeat); to give up
electric shock; blitz; lightning attack; sudden and without warning; shocking
aizuchi; back-channeling; interjections indicating that one is paying attention; two smiths hammering at an object in turn
to chide; to rebuke; to reprove
spiritualist; medium; necromancer
push; pushing; weight; pressure; authority; forcefulness
confusion; bustle; turmoil; to rush around; to act frantically