complication; confusion; disorder
selling like hotcakes; explosive sales
September; ninth month of the lunar calendar
(positive) economic effect
10^8; 100,000,000; hundred million
unit; denomination; credit (in school); in units of (e.g. "in thousands"); in amounts of
to put on the market; to put out for sale; to put on sale; to become popular
kan (obs. unit of weight, approx. 3.75 kg, 8.3 lb); kan (obs. unit of currency, equiv. to 1000 mon in the Edo period; col. 10 mon in the Meiji period); counter for pieces of sushi; 10 points; 12 points
average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to
congestion; crush; crowding; confusion; disorder
atmosphere; air; magnanimity; generosity
to worry about the future
kakishibu; astringent persimmon juice used as a dye or to to treat wood, paper, etc.
bookstore; bookshop; publisher; main building
line-up (baseball, product, etc.); lineup
habit; (social) custom; practice; convention
buying; shopping; buyer; purchase
prescription; formulation; formula; recipe
wide difference; a world of difference
selling on the market (in the marketplace, in stores, etc.); making something commercially available; commercial (e.g. software); over-the-counter; off-the-shelf
omen; portent; sign; premonition; harbinger; precursor
exhaustion; consumption; using up; dissipation; waste
novel; original; striking; strange; eccentric; fantastic
to master (e.g. a skill); to become accustomed to (e.g. a lifestyle); to acquire (e.g. a habit); to retain
drawer; withdrawal (of money from an account); variety of knowledge and experience useful for handling things impromptu
library (usu. single-room); small library
to learn; to acquire knowledge; to carry; to wear (clothes, etc.); to put on
gem; jewel; precious stone
piece (in shogi, chess, etc.); (arch.) horse; (arch.) foal; bridge (of a violin, etc.)
handling (e.g. knife, reins); control; use; dealing with (e.g. customers); management; disposal (esp. sale of goods)
to be unusual (of a person or of a thing); to be uncommon; to be peculiar; to be crazy; to be eccentric; to be different
searching for the culprit; trying to find out who did something
to transcribe; to duplicate; to describe; to film; to picture