selling in a store; selling at retail
to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest)
to spill; to drop; to grumble (about); to complain (of); to let (one's feelings) show
dressing room; fitting room
to be reflected in a mirror
cheap lodging (especially in a skid row area or slum); flophouse
bright and clear (weather, sky, etc.); perfectly (fine weather); nicely dry (laundry, air, etc.); crisply (fried, cooked, etc.); frankly; open-heartedly
warm; mild; warm (of a colour); mellow; having enough money
great difference; big difference; wide margin
sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
inarticulate; not making oneself quite clear; slurring one's words; evasive
traditional Japanese steel made from iron sand (esp. for use in swords)
area; vicinity; side; edge; circumstances
sale; sales; selling; marketing
buzz buzz (sound of robust cicadas)
birth; giving birth; creating; bringing into the world
to avoid; to refrain from; to shun; to detest
revenge; having a second go (at something)
footwork; mobility; flexibility; adaptability
four-character compound word (usu. idiomatic)
fishing gear; fishing tackle
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
not necessarily so; is not always true; there is no guarantee that ...; there is no telling
sweep of the tide; drift of the tide; tidal current
every man knows his own business best; one should go to specialists for the best results; (lit.) for rice cakes, (go to) the rice cake shop
snugly; neatly; compactly; cosily
(one's) older sister; (one's) elder sister; girl
mochi; small rice cake made from glutinous rice
to decline (in prosperity); to become deserted; to become desolate; to taper off (of a sound)
sea bass (esp. the Japanese sea bass)
bottom-dwelling fish; bottom fish
vegetables; (edible) greens; blueback (any fish with a bluish back, such as the Japanese sardine)
fishing by dropping a line between rocks or concrete tetrapods; ice fishing (esp. for smelt); sniggling (fishing for eels by thrusting a baited hook into their dens)
non-migratory seabed fish (e.g. rockfish)
(balance) scales; carrying pole; shoulder pole; thread take-up lever (on a sewing machine); spreader bar