confident; full of confidence; cocky; full of oneself
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
rip-off; unfair overcharging; clip joint
fraud; swindle; graft; saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them
high; noble; refined; advanced
to open (e.g. doors); to open (e.g. business, etc.); to be empty; to be vacant; to be available; to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.); to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.)
to falter; to flinch (from); to recoil (from); to quail (at)
price reduction; discount
in this way; thus; such; uh...
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)
having done that; if that is done; if it is done in that way
consent; assent; agreement; understanding; comprehension; grasp
craft; cunning; guile; serpentine wisdom
to be heard; to be audible; to be said to be; to be reputed
useless; no future in it; doesn't make sense; having no point
scheme; tactic; stratagem; trick
satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client
to hand over; to transfer; to give up (e.g. one's seat); to give way; to yield; to concede
(picture) frame; framed picture; amount (esp. of money); sum
to turn on one's heel; to turn back; to return
sleeve; wing (of a stage, desk, gate, etc.)
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
market price; speculation (e.g. on stocks); reputation (according to conventional wisdom); estimation
to that extent; accordingly; that being the case; that state; that condition
insisting (unreasonably); obstinate insistence
beyond expectations; beyond what one expected; not foreseen; exceeding assumptions
situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances
dissatisfaction; discontent; displeasure; complaint; unhappiness
suppression (e.g. of free speech); force-out
advantage; point in favor; point in favour
extreme sadist; very sadistic
safe; strongbox; cashbox; depository; cash office; treasury
to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to open (for business, etc.); to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out
to be crushed; to be smashed; to become useless; to cease functioning; to go bankrupt; to go out of business
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
bag; sack; skin of an orange (and other like fruits); dead end; plot of land surrounded by water
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
first of all; at once; right away; for now; for the time being
insufficiency; deficiency; shortage; dissatisfaction; discontent; complaint
to ascertain; to check; to make sure
large amount of money; great cost
pressure; stress; pressure (e.g. political); coercion; arm-twisting
in proportion to; just as much as