alternation; change; relief; relay; shift; substitution (sports, etc.)
success; prosperity; boom
chōnin (Edo-period social class of town-dwelling commoners, esp. landowning merchants); townspeople; townsfolk; tradespeople
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together
defense; defence; guard; policing; security
to clasp; to grasp; to hold (the answer); to have (e.g. the solution); to seize (power); to hold (the reins)
joke; pun; jest; smartly dressed; stylish; fashion-conscious
bashfully; hesitantly; fidgety; restlessly; squirming; wriggling
in that way; like that; that way
bargain goods; loss leader; eye-catching goods; featured product
everybody; every last one of them; all
middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart
one may well say so, but ...; even more than
to triumph; to be elated with success
to gain experience; to accumulate experiences
downheartedly; dejectedly; dispiritedly; despondently
to jerk one's chin; to nod toward; to point one's chin at
being once divorced; one-time divorcee; (lit.) one x mark (i.e. one name struck from the family register)
sexual desire; sex drive; lust
coal mine; (coal) pit; colliery
to fuss over; to be particular about; to be obsessive about; to be fixated on; to obstruct; to hinder
won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you
to have; to possess; to own; to be endowed with
as a child; when one was a child
real experience; actual observations
explosive; sudden and dramatic (of an increase in sales, popularity, etc.); explosive; rapid
mistake; error; accident; mishap; improper conduct (e.g. between man and woman); indiscretion
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
kidnapping; kidnaping; abduction; kidnapper; kidnaper; abductor
boom; rage; fad; boom; cross-arm
handsome youth (male); pretty boy
to gain in skill; to improve; to get better
celebrated personage; big-wig; person in a high position
imperial court; royal court