progress; pace; carriage; step; stage
street vendor; stallholder; stallkeeper
thin dōjinshi, usually featuring adult content
vulgar person; low-life; sleazebag; (arch.) lowly person; (arch.) person of humble rank; (arch.) peasant
to keep (a pet or other animal); to have; to own; to raise; to rear; to feed
old couple; elderly couple
abuse; ill-treatment; maltreatment; mistreatment; cruelty
to be visible to; to be seen by; to meet one's eyes
slit; slitting (slicing a sheet of paper, metal, etc. into narrower strips)
the teens (10-19); teenage; the tenth generation
heel (of a shoe); heel; bad guy; player of villain roles
deep red; crimson; rouge; lipstick
extraordinary; exceptional; unprecedented; solecistic; non-standard; irregular
shopkeeper; storekeeper; proprietor of a shop
proper; respectable; decent; (arch.) entirely; (arch.) completely; (arch.) wholly
merchant; trader; tradesman; dealer; shopkeeper
trade; business; commerce; occupation; calling; profession
to memorize; to memorise; to commit to memory; to learn by heart; to bear in mind; to remember
visit (from someone); call
regrettable; vexing; upsetting; unthinkable; wholly unexpected
common; ordinary; fair (e.g. fight); gracious; frank; open
personage; person (deserving of respect)
perception; sensation; awareness
inspection (e.g. customs, factory); examination; test; check; scan (e.g. MRI, PET); audit
even (e.g. even a child); as long as (it is, you are, etc.); (if) only; just
tsk tsk; oh-oh; huh; what's that?
painstaking (e.g. effort); excruciating (e.g. hard work); grueling
near oneself; close to one; familiar
to pull oneself together; to collect oneself (after a failure); to regain control (of oneself)
paper knife; letter opener
eyetooth; cuspid; canine (tooth); dogtooth
to lash out at; to flare up at; to fly at; to turn on
to look downwards (at); to lower one's gaze; to drop one's eyes
oh; right; I see; OK; gotcha
origin; genesis; opening; start; beginning
idle talk; chit-chat; gossip
to stay within bounds; to not take (something) to extremes; to not get carried away; to not go too far