near-miss; just missing (each other)
weight-loss diet accompanied by meticulous notes about when and what one has eaten
trainer (someone who works with sports athletes); sweatshirt
polite; respectful; reverent
with a shiver (down one's spine); with a sudden chill
simplified receipt with a blank line to be filled out with the customer's name (used specifically for claiming expenses); hand-written receipt
final income tax return; final declaration; final report
perfect score; full marks; extremely; very; quite
par (in golf); equivalence; face value; parity
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
usual; normal; stereotyped
surprisingly; stunningly; astonishingly; wonderfully
incomparable; cannot compare (with); beyond comparison; in another league
it is I who should say so
trader; dealer; businessperson; fellow trader; people in the same trade
notice or order handed down from above; announcement; notification; Edo-period proclamation issued by the shogunate (or a daimyo, etc.) to the concerned parties
new book; 17x11 cm paperback book
to cling to; to stick to; to lie flat (e.g. on the ground)
wide open (of eyes); large and bright (eyes)
simplicity; convenience; easiness; quasi-
children's game in which three or more stand back-to-back in a circle and jostle
shout of joy; cry of pleasure; jubilant comments
end of the fiscal year; end of the school year
settlement of accounts; closing accounts; financial results; reporting (of accounts)
party; set; gang; company; person
greedy; grasping; tightfisted; predatory (e.g. business); calculating; avaricious
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
fiscal year (usu. April 1 to March 31 in Japan); financial year; academic year; school year; product year
publication; issue (of journal, newspaper, etc.); issue (of banknotes, bonds, passport, etc.); raising an event (software)
what type of thing; which one
communications within a small range