pinky swear (i.e. linking little fingers to confirm a promise); pinky promise
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
disagreeableness; unpleasantness; nastiness; cutting remark; disagreeable remark; snide comment
dangerous; risky; in danger; in jeopardy; uncertain; unreliable
email; mail; post; message (in an instant messaging application); instant message; male
serious; not joking; straight; (arch.) cannot; (arch.) should not; (arch.) will not
accounting; administration (of money)
soft; software; soft hat; felt hat; soft serve ice cream; softball
sales promotion; hard selling
order (for an item); request; demand; condition
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them
to buy (stock, materials, etc.); to purchase; to lay in; to get; to obtain
senior manager; director; person below the department head with responsibility for a particular area
popularity; public favor; condition (e.g. market); tone; character
commodity; article of commerce; goods; stock; merchandise
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
clanging; banging; throbbing (headache); pounding; fully; vigorously
to sell (well); to be well known; to be popular; to be famous
company president; manager; director
one (thing); one piece; one item
yen (currency of Japan); circle
to sell; to betray; to sell out (one's friend, country, etc.); to make (oneself) known; to establish (a reputation) for oneself; to pick (a fight, quarrel, etc.)
profit; gains; benefit; advantage; grace (of God, Buddha, etc., esp. as attained through rightful actions, prayer, adherence to one's faith, etc.); blessing
counter for (small) things or pieces; counter for military units; (an) individual; one person; counter for years (of age difference); counter for school-years
two persons; two people; pair; couple
10,000; ten thousand; 10^4
1,000,000; one million; million; many
tune; tone; vein; mood; condition; state of health
stock; inventory; having in stock; being in stock
to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)
to take into one's possession; to receive; to take into one's care (e.g. person, pet); to take custody of; to leave; to go away
cheating; fraud; trickery; fake; bogus; quack
book; volume; this; present; main; head; real
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
price; cost; charge; payment; bill; fee
before the week is out; before the week is over; within the week; sometime this week
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
sex establishment; brothel
introduction; presentation; referral; showcase (of a product)
well; properly; best regards; please remember me; just like ...; as though one were ...