high-quality goods; choice goods
that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family
credit; money owed on an account; bill; hot noodles in broth; proportion (of wholesale price, as tenths of list price); in the midst of; rest
completely black; black from top to bottom; black from head to toe
to put on clothes; to wear clothes; to be the personification of
to straighten up one's back (e.g. stand up straight, sit up straight); to hold one's head high
etiquette; courtesy; manners
to interrupt (a story, etc.); to bend at the waist
to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still
How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
black suit; mourning clothes; black-suited staff member (e.g. in restaurant, sex establishment, etc.)
period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years); apprenticeship; indentureship; indenture
to recommend (someone to do); to advise; to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.); to suggest; to offer (a drink, cigarette, seat, etc.)
as if nothing had happened
to have (e.g. lunch); to take (e.g. vitamins)
complexion; one's colour; one's color; countenance; expression; one's face
after a long time; for the first time in a while
dango; dumpling (usu. sweet); ball-shaped object; something round; lump; group
(as for (that)) thing; (given (that)) thing; matter; (it is a ...) thing; matter; fact
fame; reputation; popularity; rumour (rumor); talk
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
recommendation; putting in a good word for someone
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
delicious; tasty; sweet; attractive; appealing; convenient
boss; leader; kingpin; chief; head (e.g. of a crime syndicate)
to thrust (something) into (something); to cram; to plunge into; to charge into; to delve into (a matter); to go into depth; to press (someone) about
convulsion; cramp; spasm; tic; twitch; fit
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
I thought so; I suspected as much; Just as I thought; Now you are talking; That's the spirit