suburb; residential area on the outskirt of a city; commuter belt
never mind that; don't worry about that; listen up
wasteland; wilderness; abandoned land; devastated land
that is not supposed to ...; that ought not to ...; that should never ...; that cannot possibly ...
darn it!; darn!; oops!; oh dear!; oh no!
to quiet; to calm down; to compose oneself; to settle down
one's self-possession; one's presence of mind
to be flustered; to lose one's presence of mind
to shake; to waver; to tremble
inside one's heart; in one's mind
to change; to switch; to change over (to); to renew
disadvantage; handicap; drawback; inadvisability; inexpediency; loss
performance (of a play, opera, etc.); staging; presentation
the north; northward; northern direction; northern part (e.g. of a country); northern district
union; combination; association; RENGO (Japanese Trade Union Confederation)
existence; being; life; survival
to not know what to do with; to be at a loss with; to have difficulty with; to be put out
official notice; Edo-period proclamation issued by the shogunate (or a daimyo, etc.) usu. to the general populace
materials; ingredients; material (for a novel, experiment, etc.); subject matter; grounds (for a decision, judgement, etc.); basis
special characteristic; special quality; trait; idiosyncrasy; peculiarity
to conjecture; to comprehend; to surmise; to understand; to estimate
large (amount of money); huge; hefty; expensive
blue sky; skyrocketing (of prices); having no limit; the sky being the limit
to sell off; to sell completely
someone else's hands; someone else's possession; hand (worker); aide; labor; labour
outside (e.g. of a building); exterior; outside (of a group, company, etc.); outside world
lumping together; summing up; bundle; lump; batch
to sell wholesale; to grate (e.g. vegetables); to cut up fish
source of funds; resources; finances
service; duty; business; Buddhist religious services
obstacle; hindrance; impediment; difficulty
to neglect; to ignore; to disregard; to make light of