and; thereupon; because of that
opening a new shop; opening a shop (for the day)
instability; insecurity; crankiness
July; seventh month of the lunar calendar
if that's the case ...; if so ...; that being the case ...
great success; roaring business; busy; packed-out
only; prostitute attached to a single member of the postwar Occupation Forces
general; universal; ordinary; average; (arch.) the same; (arch.) no different
opening to the public; making available to the public; putting on display; exhibiting; showing (play, movie, etc.); holding (interview, etc.)
to anticipate; to expect; to place confidence in; to put trust in; to find promising; to see good prospects (in)
income; receipts; revenue
protection; safeguard; guardianship; preservation; conservation
still more; even more; all the more; still less; even less
(just) out of curiosity; (just) in order to satisfy one's curiosity; aimed chiefly at amusing; sensational (e.g. magazine)
without; but if; otherwise; or else
wood; lumber; (raw) material; stuff; talent; ability
deep emotion; strong feelings
one's nature; one's destiny; custom; tradition; habit
hibernation; winter sleep; torpor
squirrel (any mammal of family Sciuridae); Japanese squirrel (Sciurus lis)
to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with
first meeting; first contest between
blood relationship; consanguinity; blood relative
to be blessed with; to be rich in; to abound in
a person without a single relative
near; close; beside; vicinity; proximity; besides
to leave home; to leave one's parental roof; to leave the nest; to go out on one's own
to long for; to yearn after; to admire; to be attracted by
solitude; loneliness; isolation
to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends
thin; pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.) not much (of a presence)
trouble; bother; annoyance; to be troubled (by); to be bothered (by); to be inconvenienced (by)
treatment; service; handling (of a machine, tool, etc.); operation; treating as; treating like
overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed
to feel anxious; to feel nervous; fluttering down; trickling down (e.g. tears); hanging untidily (of hair); straggling
covered in mud; mud-caked
thoughtless; reckless; seldom; rare; ordinary; usual
to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)