pressing one's hands together in prayer; triangular frame of a thatched roof; yours sincerely; yours truly
selling area; counter; section; favorable time to sell; good time to sell
chain (of); series (of); sequence; suite (e.g. of rooms)
partition; division; settlement of accounts; preliminary warm-up ritual; toeing the mark; directing
distant (from someone); aloof; estranged; knowing little (of); ill-informed (about); ignorant (of)
stranger; person from abroad
to get up (from sitting); to stand up; to (finally) start to do something; to get off one's backside; to take action
men and women; man and woman; both sexes; both genders
twosome; duo; pair (of criminals)
clever; bright; sharp; wise; intelligent; sagacious
television; TV; TV program; TV programme; TV broadcast
actor; actress; man of wits; clever person; cunning fellow
receiving (a message, letter, email, etc.); reception (radio, TV, etc.)
ground wave; terrestrial broadcast signal (i.e. not satellite); terrestrial; over-the-air
government management; state management
broadcasting; broadcast; program; announcement
bureau; department; office (e.g. post, telephone); broadcasting station (e.g. television, radio); affair; situation
source of information; intelligence source; message source
milk; breast; loop; decorative bump (on a hanging bell)
exposing fully; uncovering completely; being in full view; putting on display; not disguising
chancy trade or business with uncertain profitability; night entertainment business (e.g. hostess bar); nightlife business
preconception; preconceived notion; prejudice
to plant; to transplant; to instil (idea, feeling, etc.)
all talk; glib; insincere; empty; specious
love of; affection for; enthusiast for; being attractive to; being liked by
to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
shopping; purchased goods
local specialty; special product (of a region)
to visit; to call on; to pay a visit to
being produced in a particular region; local specialty
cherry (tree; esp. sweet cherry or Nanking cherry)
buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum); soba; Japanese buckwheat noodles
formal; proper; prescribed; conventional; stereotypical
publicity; advertisement; advertising; propaganda
without; but if; otherwise; or else
this and that; one thing or another
dimness; obscurity; indistinctness; unclear; unintelligible
to be opposite; to face each other; to confront (an issue); to face
making a person, pet, etc. wait (before being permitted to do something); postponement; putting on hold
real intention; true motive; true meaning
superficial; shallow; frivolous; careless; sliding along the surface of something; being slippery
to be sticky; to be adhesive; to persevere; to persist; to stick to