beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
elder brother; one's senior; older man; man older than oneself
lightly (floating, drifting, etc.); buoyantly; soft; fluffy; unsteadily; flightily
a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)
high-pressure salesmanship; the hard sell; aggressive peddling
someone else's hands; someone else's possession; hand (worker); aide; labor; labour
completion; finish; workmanship; result; outcome
greengrocer; fruit and vegetable shop
tomato (Solanum lycopersicum)
burn mark; grilled surface (e.g. on a steak)
pig (Sus scrofa domesticus); pork; fatso; fatty
thriving (prosperous) business; rush of business
gradually becoming poor; situation getting gradually worse and worse
amount sold; sales; proceeds; takings; turnover
increasing; uploading; posting (e.g. content); close-up; finishing shooting (of a film, etc.); upswept hairstyle; being up (i.e. leading in sports)
merchant; trader; expert (in a trade or profession); professional; woman working in the nightlife business (bar or nightclub hostess, geisha, etc.); demimondaine
scattering; leaflets; sushi rice in a box or bowl with a variety of ingredients sprinkled on top; writing in an irregular hand
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
touting; tout; barker; pander
good bye; I'm off; see you later
escape; flight; breakout; fleeing; desertion
water tank; cistern; fish tank; aquarium
lidded; covered; container with a lid
counterclockwise; anti-clockwise; eccentric; abnormal
shellfish; seashell; shell
tail (animal); tail end; tip
to stick; to get stuck; to be unavailable; to be busy; to be piled up (e.g. of work); to halt (in one's speech)
to call in; to invite; to bring in
marine life; marine organism
breeding; raising; rearing
course (e.g. of lectures); academic university unit (professor, lecturers, etc.)
end (e.g. of a line); tail end; rear; backmost part
plate (often as in "tectonic plate")
effect; efficacy; virtue; benefit
equal match; good match; fair match; equal in ability; being a worthy rival
to distribute; to hand out; to deliver; to allot; to allocate; to place (staff, soldiers, etc.)
publicity; advertisement; advertising; propaganda
impact (on); (strong) impression; effect; impact (of a ball against a racket, bat, club, etc.)
being put off (by someone's words, behaviour, etc.); being taken aback; recoiling (in shock, disgust, etc.); zooming out or pulling the camera back to get a wider image (in film and TV)
rustling; flapping; unkempt (hair, etc.); loose; dry; decisively
piece; fragment; one (object)
pocket money; spending money; pin money; allowance
to become hungry; to get an empty stomach
bamboo grass; generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)