propagation (e.g. a religion); proselytizing; missionary work
hundred-yen store; 100 yen shop
to re-cover; to reupholster; to repaper; to renew (e.g. a plaster)
hollow; low ground; basin; pit; dip; depression
test (of ability, knowledge, etc.); exam; test (of performance, quality, etc.); trial; rehearsal
fry; juvenile fish; fingerling
all right!; that's it!; thank God!; good!; I've got it!; I've done it!
stupid plan; inane way of doing something; (one's own) plan; project
price reduction; discount
to replace; to change (for a new one); to renew; to reassign (an expense); to charge (to a different account); to shift (a loss)
reservation; putting on hold; deferment; withholding
900; nine hundred; (arch.) fool; (arch.) idiot
satisfactory; desirable; favourable; seeming (to be); appearing
quick pace; quick steps; quick march; trot (horse gait)
to displease; to offend; to hurt (a person's) feelings
to arrange beforehand to tell the same story; to get the stories straight
to jest; to joke; to play the fool; to act indecently; to be silly over
before one's eyes; in one's presence; up close; personally
anticlimax; let-down; disappointment; loss of interest
indigestion; dyspepsia; inability to understand; lacking comprehension; half-baked knowledge
to flatter; to soft-soap; to sweet talk; to cajole; to instigate
immediate; right there on the spot; impromptu; instant; instantaneous
ruins; wreckage; wreck; broken remains; debris
crushed flat; flattened; flat-chested girl; sound of a sticky rice cake sticking to something
malignancy; viciousness; underhandedness
head (chief, director) of a section or department; head of a (school) club; head of a (school) team
company president; manager; director
censure; denunciation; (verbal) attack; blaming
to muster (e.g. one's courage); to call forth; to rouse up; to be enlivened; to be invigorated
straight to the point; point-blank; frank; direct
cheating; deception; trickery; manipulation; juggling; falsifying
call; visit; inquiry; enquiry; question
passionate; hot-blooded; full of vitality
attachment (esp. to things); love; affection; fondness
sound sleep; good sleep; quiet sleep
to die; to lay down life's burden
oilily; slimily; slipperily
to cut with scissors; to put scissors to; to trim (a tree, shrub, etc.); to punch (a ticket)
to put a burden on; to tax (e.g. strength)
(fish) biting at every cast