closing up shop (for the day); stopping business; going out of business
to employ; to hire; to engage
to become empty; to be emptied
what time; (lit.) which hour
familiar; well-known; regular (e.g. customer); old acquaintance; old friend; (a) regular
pachinko parlor; pachinko hall
coming to a store (restaurant, bar, shop, etc.)
fact-finding survey based on interviews; oral survey; interview survey
ordinary citizen; the general public
housewife demographic; housewives
carrying (on one's person or in the hand); mobile phone; cell phone
using anything one can lay one's hands on; haphazardly; on the rebound; at random; indiscriminately
plus; addition; positive (number); plus sign; positive symbol; advantage; plus
politics; government; peace; (arch.) medical treatment; (arch.) cure
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
at least; at most; (even) just
rich person; wealthy person
border (between countries); national border
bribe; sweetener; douceur
to push out; to project; to stick out; to hand over (e.g. to the police)
being reluctant to give out (pay, provide, etc.); giving out grudgingly
nata; sturdy broad-bladed knife, used in woodcraft and hunting (often with a rectangular blade)
to grudge; to begrudge; to be stingy; to be unwilling to pay
to assign; to allot; to allocate; to divide among; to distribute; to prorate
professional; pro; program; production; proletarian; proletariat
expenses; expenditure; outgoings; outlays; costs
to deduct; to take away; to make allowances (for something); to bear (something) in mind; to ebb and flow
to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house
unconditionally; as a rule
excess; surplus; superabundance; overabundance
luxury; extravagance; to live in luxury; to indulge oneself; lavish (use of something); abundant
to invest in; to sink money into; to put into; to lay out (funds); to inject; to impregnate
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
within; inside of; less than
reaching; attaining; arrival
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
a few years ago; some years back
10,000; ten thousand; 10^4
from now; from this moment; henceforth