admiration; being impressed; admirable; praiseworthy; astonishment; being appalled
meaningfully (smiling, grinning, etc.); suggestively; broadly; sneeringly
good quality; fine quality; superior quality; high quality
commodity; article of commerce; goods; stock; merchandise
labor; labour; manpower; working force
human trafficking; slave trade
Europe and the United States; Europe and America; the West
agreement; coincidence; correspondence; conformity
dead (money, stock, etc.); dead (ball); dead (sound, room); with little reverberation
live-in domestic service; live-in apprenticeship; public duty; public service
craftsman; artisan; workman; carpenter
taking over (e.g. store or family's headship); subrogation; substitution of one person for another (usu. a creditor)
year-end gift; end of the year; year end
to scrape off; to plane off
(idle) curiosity; fancifulness; eccentricity; person with unusual tastes; eccentric; oddball
disposal; scrapping; replacement; putting on the shelf; shelving
by a hair's breadth; in the nick of time; touch and go; close call; critical moment
heir; inheritor; successor
bamboo grass; generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)
tearjerker; sob story; maudlin tale
cheap and low-quality play; performance not worth paying to see; transparent act; see-through scheming
undefeated; unbeatable; invincible
apart from that; to return to the topic; enough of that
to tease; to make fun of; to poke fun at; to make a crack about; to chaff; to kid
to complain; to make a complaint
to be of benefit; to be beneficial; to be useful; to do one good; to be good for one
penis; with a tinkle; with a jingle; with a whistle (of a kettle); sitting up and begging (of a dog); juvenile black porgy; children's game in which one hops on one foot
hey there; I say; see here
cruel treatment; raw deal; kick in the pants
(feeling of) hatred; (strong) dislike; disgust; aversion; revulsion; loathing
dirt cheap; very cheap; worthless; lot (in a sale)
quickly (e.g. pushing up one's glasses); with a light pull; with a sharp tug (e.g. at a sleeve)
with a pat; with a tap; with a pop; with a crack; casually (throw); carelessly
to go to bed; to go to sleep; to fall asleep; to be laid up (with a cold); to be ill in bed
damply; moistly; clammily; stickily
night-clothes; heavy kimono-like quilt
to stick (to); to cling (to); to adhere (to); to stay (in a place); to stick close (to someone); to follow (someone) around
to light (a candle, lamp, etc.); to turn on (a light)
alarm clock; waking up; keeping oneself awake; early-morning treat (traditionally given to children in some parts of Japan); wake-up sweet