many times over; often; repeatedly; time after time
the very best; excellent; superb
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
miko; shrine maiden; young girl or woman (trad. an unmarried virgin) who assists priests at shrines; medium; sorceress; shamaness
to be ordered (to do); to be charged with (a duty); to be assigned (a job)
enterprise; business; company; corporation
to invest in; to sink money into; to put into; to lay out (funds); to inject; to impregnate
supplement; top up; complement; making up (a deficiency)
merchant; trader; expert (in a trade or profession); professional; woman working in the nightlife business (bar or nightclub hostess, geisha, etc.); demimondaine
nakedness; nudity; bareness; nakedness; being penniless; concealing nothing
come on; hurry up; chop chop; yeah; that's right; exactly
if it is the case that ...
to till; to plow; to plough; to cultivate
single; simple; singles (tennis, badminton, etc.); win bet (bet which predicts the winner of a race)
resentment; grudge; pent-up anger; frustration; bitterness
to dispel; to clear away; to accomplish a goal; (arch.) to make it sunny; (arch.) to make clouds disappear
to approach; to draw near
the front; honesty; uprightness; decency; normality
meeting (with another person)
honour; honor; glory; privilege
confused; disordered; faltered; incoherent; inconsistent
oh!; ah!; oh dear!; good grief!; dear me!; thank God!
signalling with the eyes; exchanging looks; winking
halfway; midway; partway; mid-course
war; fighting; fierce competition
to tighten; to stiffen; to brace; to strain
skilled person; capable person; doer; performer; giver; bestower
absentmindedness; peace of mind
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
judicial decision; judgement; judgment; sentence; decree
thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward; gift
flour; meal; powder; dust
to rebuke; to scold; to tell off; to question persistently (in order to criticize or find fault with somebody)
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)