(social) class; rank; grade
decorative curtain hung from the ceiling; tent; pavilion; marquee
crude; rough; plain; humble; shabby
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
side road; byroad; digression (e.g. from argument)
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)
without cause; without reason
merchant; trader; expert (in a trade or profession); professional; woman working in the nightlife business (bar or nightclub hostess, geisha, etc.); demimondaine
you get what you pay for; (lit.) wasting money on a cheap item
street stall; stand; booth
cloth; fabric; dough; batter; inherent quality; one's true character; unglazed pottery
to get torn; to tear; to rip; to be broken off (of negotiations, etc.); to break down; to collapse
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
confidence; trust; faith; credit (finance)
to cherish; to treasure; to prize; to take good care of; to look after
to extend; to stretch out; to attend; to participate in; to enrol; to enroll
regular; usual; favourite; favorite; preferred; accustomed
common people; ordinary people; masses
intended for ...; oriented towards ...; aimed at ...
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
old clothes; secondhand clothing
to go under; to pass under; to dive (into or under the water); to evade; to get around; to survive
to hang down (from); to dangle; to be within one's reach; to dangle (before one's eyes); to be completely reliant on; to be entirely dependent on
mending; repair; darning; patching up
charcoal; charred remains
to burst open; to pop; to split
to fall (e.g. blossoms, leaves); to scatter; to be dispersed; to disappear; to dissolve; to spread
enclosure; fence; storage (of fruit, vegetables, etc.); partitioned area of a room for conducting tea ceremonies; mistress; castle
from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
to buy a replacement; to replace by buying something new
business; task; use; purpose; for the use of ...; used for ...
suddenly; casually; accidentally; incidentally; unexpectedly; unintentionally
sharp sighted; easily awakened
to hang (something) on the wall