market price; speculation (e.g. on stocks); reputation (according to conventional wisdom); estimation
store; shop; establishment; restaurant
care; looking after; repair; (police) raid; crackdown
to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)
closing up shop (for the day); stopping business; going out of business
changing (one's job, loyalties, stance, etc.); switching over; changing quarters (of a geisha, prostitute, etc.)
love at first sight; being taken with someone at the first meeting
terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous
once in a lifetime; once in one's life
to go mad; to lose one's mind; to get out of order; to go amiss; to go wrong (of a plan or expectation, etc.); to fall through
target (e.g. of a marketing campaign); subject (of a survey, investigation, etc.); intended audience; eligible person; person entitled (to); recipient
to be possible; to be conceivable; to be likely; to be probable
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; (not) any
of bad character; ill-natured; nasty; vicious; wicked; malignant
to live; to make a living; to get on with
to meet; to assemble; to gather; to encounter; to run into
base (of operations); site; location; center; foothold; stronghold
securing; obtaining; ensuring; belay; belaying
establishment; institution; installation (of a machine or equipment)
unnecessary; not needed; not necessary
to let pass; to allow through; to transmit (e.g. light, sound, etc.); to conduct (electricity); to stick through (e.g. a hole); to force through (e.g. an opening); to connect (e.g. two places)
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
about when; about what time; how soon
to become stiff (of muscles); to get absorbed in; to develop a passion for; to be elaborate; to be intricate
counting backwards; calculating backwards; inverse operation
to begin (doing); to start; to set about; to get down to
China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country; main region; province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryō system)
to be traced (of a criminal); to be tracked; (arch.) to have a (male) lover
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
in the early period (of something); at the beginning
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)
to boil strongly; to be excited
around the clock; day and night
modern times; the modern age; this day and age
capture; seizure; prehension; apprehension; understanding; grasp
action; conduct; behaviour; behavior; mobilization; mobilisation
incomprehensible; mysterious; inexplicable; inscrutable; enigmatic; baffling
to take (seat, position, course, office, etc.); to assume; to ascend (the throne); to accede; to start (on a journey); to commence
to scatter; to sprinkle; to spray; to lavish (money, charm, etc.)