My goodness (expresses surprise, wonder, etc.); very; extremely
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
December; twelfth month of the lunar calendar
to come true (of a wish, prayer, etc.); to be realized; to suit (e.g. a purpose); to meet (wishes, ideals, etc.); to match (implies competition); to rival
as a matter of fact; actually; effectively; in reality; in effect
head office; main office; main store; this store; our store
perusing as a side business; doing in addition to one's main work; running (businesses) simultaneously; side business; job on the side
to ask for; to apply for; to make an application for; to file a request for; to submit (e.g. one's resignation)
going concern; stocks and all; goods and furniture included
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
flurried; flustered; upset; nervous; embarrassed
to grow up; to become an adult
unrequited love; one-sided love
to thrust before; to thrust at
starting a business; opening a store (for the day)
to insist; to assert; to be obstinate in saying
(historical) banishment from one's residence as a form of judicial punishment
to vomit; to throw up; to emit; to send forth; to give (an opinion); to make (a comment)
to boil; to be boiling hot; to be on a rolling boil
having nothing except one's body; having empty pockets; being penniless
congratulation; congratulations; celebration; congratulatory gift; present
licking one's lips; licking one's chops
remote island; distant island; punishment by exile to a remote island
candidate; contender; prospect; candidacy; candidature; nomination
(an) exile; vagrant; wanderer; nomad
reaching the shore; docking a boat
full bloom (esp. of cherry blossom); full blossom
cherry tree; cherry blossom; fake buyer; paid audience; hired applauder; horse meat
fall; drop; descent; coming down
great burdock (Arctium lappa); gobo
dark (skin, complexion, etc.); swarthy; tanned
to pull one's hair back into a bun
ought to have been; was ... right?; to do for (inferiors)
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)