to buy (stock, materials, etc.); to purchase; to lay in; to get; to obtain
virtuous mind; good intentions; good will; positive mindset; bona fides; good faith
nonsense; no meaning; meaningless
kind; sort; species; species
to call (someone) to come; to call for; to summon; to always call (someone by a name); to become used to calling
the aforementioned; the said; the usual; kudan; yōkai resembling a human-headed bovine, said to prophesize misfortune or bountiful harvest
explosion; detonation; blast; outburst (of emotion); explosion (e.g. of anger); eruption (e.g. of discontent)
meeting (face-to-face); seeing; visit; interview
to be hesitant; to feel timid
to pick a fight; to pick a quarrel
price; cost; value; worth; value
to notify; to advise; (arch.) to know; (arch.) to reign; (arch.) to govern (a country)
depending on the answer; hinging on the reply
having serious consequences; costing dearly; cannot get away with it; for free; for nothing; easily
leading aristocrat; great house; grand seigneur; boyar
average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to
to tremble violently; to shudder up; to shake
impressiveness; impact; force; intensity; presence; appeal
nonchalant air; unruffled air
inquiry; enquiry; question; searching; looking for
to make a successful bid (for an article); to buy at auction; to outbid (someone); to knock down (at an auction)
to win after tough bidding
natural; inborn; innate; inherent; characteristic
exchange; conversion; replacement; switching (to); switchover
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
very rare; very unlikely (to happen); scarcely; seldom; improbable; almost never (occurring)
rival; competitor; competition
single combat; duel; one-on-one fight
cash; ready money; money on hand; mercenary; self-interested; calculating
kindness (shown by others); courtesy; favor; favour; good offices
to lift (with a crane, ropes, etc.); to raise; to hoist; to manipulate (a price) upward; to (artificially) raise; to push up
insane; crazy; nuts; out of one's mind
hoping against hope; desperately hoping; as a last hope
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
same; similar; (just) like; equal
to be noisy; to be astir; to rustle; to murmur
item; commodity; list of articles
to disappear into; to slip into; to be lost in; to be mixed up with
explanatory note; explanatory text; explanation; caption
to fit (e.g. a pane into a frame); to set (e.g. a diamond); to plug in (to a formula); to entrap; to take (someone) in
simple substance (e.g. chemical); something standing alone; separate item; solo item