that's the way it is; such is life
sales; selling; marketing
stinking; smelly; suspicious; fishy; clumsy; unskilled
photograph; photo; picture; moving picture; movie
ingredient; (raw) material; unprocessed timber; raw timber; subject matter; topic
offer; tender; providing; sponsoring (a TV program)
bathing suit; swimsuit; swimmers
surplus; margin; leeway; composure; placidity; complacency
selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK
speaking of; (I told you) already; come on
shame; disgrace; raping; rape
fantasy; illusion; vision; dream
strongly; violently; quickly; suddenly
to be broken; to break; to fall through; to come to nothing
to collapse; to crumble; to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to break down; to be thrown into disarray; to crash (stock market)
quite; entirely; completely; as if; as though; just like
doubting; distrustful; incredulous; suspicious
to put to shame; to humiliate; to disgrace; to rape; to assault; to violate
what is it exactly?; what is it precisely
to be resurrected; to be resuscitated; to be rehabilitated; to be recalled (e.g. memories); to be brought back
to overdo; to go too far; to go to excess
reflection; reconsideration; introspection; regret; repentance; remorse
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
carrot and stick; (lit.) candy and whip
klop; klunk; whonk; with a heavy impact; forcibly
huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!
whip; lash; scourge; stick; cane; rod
such ... as; or some such
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
to be renewed; to change; to be improved; to be reformed; to stand on ceremony; to be formal
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament