article; item; thing; goods; wares
large sum (of money); large amount; large denomination (banknote, etc.)
class; heading; group; category
declining; refusal; nonacceptance; turning down; withdrawal (e.g. of candidacy); pulling out (e.g. of a race)
price reduction; discount
wallet; purse; coin purse; billfold; pocketbook
to beat someone to the punch; to get the drop on (someone); to forestall
thank you for your continued patronage
half asleep and half awake; trance; dream and reality
to do up (hair); to dress; to arrange; to tie; to bind; to fasten
to install; to fit; to (manage to) obtain (someone's agreement, permission, etc.); to get; to patronize (a shop); to buy usually (from the same store)
bear (any mammal of family Ursidae)
competition rate; success rate; ratio of successful (applicants) to total applicants
fate; chance; relationship; tie
coming and going; traffic; road; street; association; socializing
to be in confusion or commotion; to be in a turmoil; to be crowded or jammed with people
ronin; masterless samurai; high school graduate waiting for another chance to enter university after having failed the yearly entrance examination; person out of work; jobless person; (arch.) wanderer
taste; elegance; appearance; air; the likes of ...; lowly people such as ...
insolent fellow; rude fellow
crude; unrefined; coarse; ill-mannered; rude; insensitive
angry voice; one's voice when shouting with anger
to put something out of the way; to move (something, someone) aside
to put something out of the way; to move (something, someone) aside; to set aside; to keep apart; to remove (someone) from the group; to shun
to refuse; to reject; to repel; to repulse; to make (someone) leave; to send away
to be petrified; to be unable to move; to be paralyzed (with horror); to be stupefied (with amazement)
before one's very eyes; under one's nose; imminence; close at hand
empty-handed; unarmed; lacking funds
being empty-handed; being penniless; having no capital (for starting a business)
to meet (the enemy) and attack; to engage (the approaching enemy); to confront; to intercept
rolling over; turning over; turning around (the other way); reversal (of direction, course, etc.); producing a positive from a negative; producing a negative from a positive
to hold a thing in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to embrace (e.g. a baby); to take upon oneself; to be saddled with
pit of the stomach; solar plexus
an instant; a split second; no time at all; (lit.) time of an "ah!"
safety; welfare; well-being
blow to a vital point of a person's body; striking techniques (judo)
(one's) life is not in danger; not life-threatening
good-for-nothing; spineless; gutless; spiritless; feckless; pluckless
background (of a case, incident, etc.)
nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...
standard; set; routine; decided