Welsh onion (Allium fistulosum); Japanese bunching onion; green onion; spring onion; scallion
charcoal grilling; char-grilling
stylish; smart; with a crack; crisply (e.g. fried, starched); tearing off; ripping off
to become hungry; to get an empty stomach
personal accessories (ornaments, adornments)
to trade in (commercial goods); to deal in; to sell
original plan; original bill; original motion; draft
book; booklet; story book; pamphlet; notebook
to fight against; to oppose; to face
to come together; to join; to merge; to get married; to become a married couple
moneymaking; earning money
to treat as a joke; to do jokingly
worry; fear; anxiety; concern
whether one likes it or not
unthinkable; unimaginable; inconceivable; unclassifiable; never dreamt of
to work out; to think up; to devise; to manage to find (money, time, etc.); to scrape together (funds)
vagrant habits; vagabondism; wanderlust
one's own strength; one's own efforts; self-salvation
to stop crying; to cry oneself out
presence; dignity; corpulence; obesity
top of ...; head of ...; the moment that ...
to pile up; to accumulate; to estimate
to employ; to hire; to take on; to charter (a car, boat, etc.); to hire
lately; recently; nowadays; terribly; awfully; extremely
scale; scope; plan; structure
to hunt for a job; to seek employment
to see (a doctor, etc.); to consult (someone)
common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice
affinity; compatibility; chemistry (between people)
selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful
job; work; duties; trade; skill
chestnut-color; chestnut-colour
white background; blank; (arch.) female virgin
pull; patronage; tug; room to move the camera back; drawing back; pulling back
to arrive (by car, bike, etc.); to drive up to; to draw up at; to get used to riding; to get used to driving
back street; back alley; off-street
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
to hear; to be told; to know; to receive (order); to undertake; to comply
acting as go-between; good offices
trader; dealer; businessperson; fellow trader; people in the same trade
to shift (something) from one hand to the other; to carry in a different way; to change one's grip (on); to exchange (what one is holding for something else)
tatami room; tatami mat room; formal Japanese room; dinner party in a tatami room (esp. when a geisha or maiko attends)
prosperous; flourishing; thriving; muscular; brawny
frequently; repeatedly; eagerly; keenly; hard; terribly