start; commencement; beginning; initiation
to be disappointed; to be dejected; to be downhearted; to feel exhausted; to feel drained
buying; shopping; buyer; purchase
morning; forenoon; just before noon
selling out; being sold out
exclamation of surprised disappointment, disgust, or worry (yuck, ick, ack, eeew, crap!, blech, gross)
serious; not joking; straight
shameful; disgraceful; indecent; unseemly; unbecoming; improper
best; extra-fine; superfine; exceptionally; extraordinarily; by far
at once; there and then; immediately
gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase
to break into song; to burst into song; to begin singing
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
finish; finishing; finishing touches
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)
cash; ready money; money on hand; mercenary; self-interested; calculating
sleeping in late; oversleeping; late riser; sleepyhead
to speak distinctly; to speak clearly; to put it bluntly; to get to the point; to be frank
ta-dah!; ta-da!; tada!; voilà
to start to say; to attempt to say; to be about to say; to speak to; to address
way of saying (something); way of putting it; wording; phrasing; language; expression
although I say; although one might say; although called
vice-minister (Meiji period); undersecretary
to slip out; to sneak away; to break into the lead; to get ahead; to begin to fall out (e.g. hair); to break out (of a loop)
like everyone else; like most people; like an ordinary person; as much as anyone else
to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit
small factory in town; backstreet (small) workshop
just (now, at the moment, etc.); just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
while looking on in blank amazement; before one's very eyes; before one knew what was happening