business; trade; operations; sales
first year of high school; first-year high school student
(a) principle; (a) reason; (a) point; some truth
successive; consecutive; back-to-back; one after another
you guys; buddies; pals; you lot
poverty-stricken; destitute; poor; penurious
waste of time; killing time
ill-natured; mean; nasty; sadistic; cruel; mean-spirited
cheap-looking; tawdry; insignificant
grinding of the teeth; involuntary nocturnal tooth grinding; bruxism; grinding one's teeth out of anger or vexation; gnashing one's teeth; gritting one's teeth
all right!; that's it!; thank God!; good!; I've got it!; I've done it!
hero; the brave; man of valour (valor)
(the) mainstream; main course (of a river); main stream
to feel nervous; to feel afraid; to be startled; to be surprised; (arch.) to be shy; (arch.) to be bashful
trade; business; commerce; occupation; calling; profession
et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth
quantity; amount; volume; number; amount of money
text (of a book, document, etc.); body (of a letter); this passage; this sentence
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
good humour (humor); good mood
clearly; plainly; distinctly; decisively; flatly; definitely
killing; destruction of life; cruel; heartless; callous
heartbroken; crestfallen; dejected; disappointed
as a test; as an experiment; by way of experiment; by way of trial; tentatively
to become less crowded; to thin out; to get empty; to be hungry
hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little
knitting wool; woolen yarn; woollen yarn
commonplace (of people or animals); ordinary; typical; ubiquitous; run-of-the-mill; found around every corner
appearing and disappearing; slipping in and out of view
thump-thump; bang-bang; pit-a-pat; to beat fast (of one's heart); to throb; to pound
advertisement; advertising; announcement; notice
to think out; to devise; to invent; to begin to think; to come up with a plan
to look (sound, behave) grown-up; to be adult-like; to mature
establishment; creation; posing (a problem); options setting; preference settings; configuration