timidly; nervously; hesitantly; trembling (with fear); fearfully; anxiously
to run at full speed; to run and run; to try one's hardest
black-market dealings; underhand transactions; shady trading; secret dealings; secret arrangement
district; area; zone; quarter; section; region
to rot; to decay; to die in obscurity; to be forgotten with time
trade; buying and selling; trafficking (e.g. of humans, arms, drugs); dealing
entering a store; entering a restaurant; becoming an employee of a store; starting to work at a store; opening up a shop (in a department store, etc.)
number two; mistress; concubine
(large) building; public building; hall
exorbitant; outrageous; ridiculous; absurd; excessive; inordinate
admiration; appreciation; enjoyment; viewing (for pleasure)
interior design; interior; upholstery
unreality; becoming disconnected from reality
often (happens); tend to; be apt to; be likely to
treatment; service; handling; management
to be affected; to be theatrical; to be pompous
low table; table with very short legs
quality newspaper; broadsheet newspaper
VIP; very important person
to write down one after another; to enumerate; to list; to write at length; to write on and on; to go on writing
to snatch; to grab; to steal; to charge (an exorbitant price) for
how about ...?; what about ...?; I wonder; I don't know
with a rustling sound; rippling (of a stream, etc.); murmuring; slurping down (ochazuke); quickly and easily (e.g. write a letter); with ease
rabbit; hare; coney; cony; lagomorph (esp. leporids)
exile; banishment; eviction; elimination (e.g. of poverty); removal
professional; pro; program; production; proletarian; proletariat
unanticipated; unexpected
couscous; cuscus (variety of phalanger)
ringleader; mastermind; leader (of a plot)
at a young age; while still young
to pluck; to pick; to tear
steadily; unflaggingly; untiringly; knocking; tapping; clicking
unknown; strange; I don't care; that's irrelevant; whatever
lump-sum payment; paying the entire sum in one transaction
thank you for your continued patronage
time for ...; time to ...; good time to ...; opportunity to ...; season