enterprise; business; company; corporation
consumer (of a product, service, etc.); customer; (end) user; consumer (in a food chain)
to turn inside out; to turn the other way; to look at (something) from another perspective; to put it the other way round; to visit the same prostitute or geisha for a second time
to be brought forward (e.g. by three hours); to be moved up; to be hasty; to be rash; to quicken; to speed up
before one knows; unnoticed; unawares
tanuki (Nyctereutes procyonoides); raccoon dog; sly dog; sly old fox; sly fox
godsend; lifesaver; timely offer; windfall
if there is a chance; if possible; if circumstances permit; if things go well; if luck is on my side
to get (information) out of someone; to extract (information) from someone; to find out (through questioning); to begin listening (to)
profit; gains; benefit; advantage; grace (of God, Buddha, etc., esp. as attained through rightful actions, prayer, adherence to one's faith, etc.); blessing
ulterior motive; plot; scheme; complicated circumstances; intricacies
evil; wickedness; (role of) the villain (in theatre, etc.); the bad guy
nothing special; no big deal; doesn't matter
article; item; thing; goods; wares
to grudge; to be stingy; to be unwilling to pay
to drive a bargain; to beat down the price; to haggle
bad inventory; deadstock; dead stock
great wealth; enormous fortune
product demonstration; sales demonstration
to contract (to do); to undertake; to take on (work); (arch.) to take responsibility for; (arch.) to be liable for
revisiting; visiting again
platform truck; hand truck; trolley; truck; bogie
used; second-hand; old; Middle Ages (in Japan esp. Heian period)
stock; inventory; having in stock; being in stock
repair; mending; fixing; servicing
common knowledge; being well-known; making (something) well-known
easy to do; apt to do; prone to do; liable to do
older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am; older girl
Sirs; Mesdames; around (the time that, etc.); about
stamp; seal; seal impression; seal; mudra (symbolic hand gesture); ninja hand sign
to attract (to oneself, e.g. with bait or light); to draw close; to charm; to attract; to have a convulsion; to convulse
the point of ...; the place where ...; a place called ...; places known as ...; I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it
curious; strange; unusual
passerby; pedestrian; foot passenger
even so; however; still; whereupon; even though; nevertheless
(doing things at) one's own pace; (doing things) one's own way (esp. in an inconsiderate manner)
nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...
very hard; with utmost effort; as hard as one can; with all one's might; for dear life; eagerly
awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained
(small) stone; rock; pebble
audience; attendance; hearers
nameless; unnamed; obscure; unknown; causeless; unjustifiable