ancient Chinese unit of weight equivalent to 30 catties (15 kg)
stone weight (as used on pickle-tub covers); weight (as used in balances)
Thanksgiving (Day); customer appreciation event; thank you (for your patronage) sales campaign
festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy
beginning; opening; start; outset
custom; practice; convention; precedent
collapsing in the street (from exhaustion, illness, etc.); falling dead in the street; person lying dead in the street
to act (a part); to play (a role); to perform (a play, etc.); to put on (a production); to commit (e.g. a blunder); to disgrace oneself
drama; play; powerful drug
festival; feast; carnival; matsuri
to pile up; to heap up; to stir up; to enliven; to bring to a climax
milk; infant formula; formula; condensed milk
dark (skin, complexion, etc.); swarthy; tanned
to be torn off; to come off; to be torn to pieces; to be torn to shreds
to jump from one thing to another
to exchange (messages, thoughts, etc.); to communicate
handsome man; sexy man; lady-killer; (male) lover
to exorcise; to cleanse; to purify
things one is carrying; things one has on one's person; thing one owns; one's property; mistress; lover
cry (e.g. of a baby); sob; whine; tearful voice; weepy voice
clean; clear; pure; honest; clean
evil influence; (evil) clutches; tentacles of evil
inquiry; enquiry; question; searching; looking for
so; accordingly; now; then; thereupon; therefore
cloudless (sky); without a cloud (in the sky)
to become blue; to turn green; to turn pale; to blanch (with fear)
enlightenment; great wisdom
extermination; elimination; renouncing worldly desires (in order to concentrate on Buddhist teachings); curing (an illness)
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
in some way; somehow or other; somewhere or other
in unison; as one; united
opportunity; chance; trigger; cause
Sunday; nth day (of the month); counter for days; Japan
wasteland; wilderness; deserted land; prairie; vast plain; wilds
to knead well; to polish; to refine
presentation (of a passport, ID, etc.); showing; production (e.g. of documents); presentation (of a plan, response, etc.); bringing up; citing (an example)
special order (goods); custom (made); bespoke
slip-guard (on one side of the body of a shamisen)
half portion; inexperienced; green; poor (work)
middle-distance (races); intermediate-range (missile)
constant attendance; uninterrupted supervision; staying with someone all the time