signature; signing; sealing
rice cake shop keeper; rice cake store (shop)
to use (something) as a selling point
promotional measure; stimulation measure (for the economy)
rival; competitor; competition
viewing as ...; seeing as ...; treating as ...; regarding as ...
to that degree; to that extent; that much
transit (passenger); connecting (flight); transfer (ticket)
outskirts; environs (of a city); surrounding area; surroundings
hurdle; hurdle race; hurdles; hurdle; obstacle
to lower (a price, tax, standard, etc.); to bring down; to demote; to withdraw (a proposal, request, etc.); to abandon; to withdraw (troops, etc.)
to sell wholesale; to grate (e.g. vegetables); to cut up fish
direct selling; direct sales
rail transport (transportation, transit); transport by rail
killing two birds with one stone
chicken, goose and pheasant; (arch.) cuckoo, Japanese bush warbler and wagtail
to count on one's fingers
close; intimate; on good terms
incomparable; cannot compare (with); beyond comparison; in another league
grounding (in a skill or subject); knowledge; training; achievements; attainments; accomplishments
to produce; to yield; to cause; to result from; to arise; to be generated
to be ready; to be prepared; to be in order; to be put in order; to be adjusted; to be regulated
to keep standing; to stand motionless
to banter; to make fun of; to cool; to refrigerate; to window-shop; to look at without buying
please excuse the intrusion; I'm coming in
no matter how you put it; whatever the circumstances may be; say what you like; no matter how you look at it
saving (e.g. time, money, resources); economising; economizing
roughly; broadly; generally; more or less
meeting; greeting; welcome; person sent to meet a visitor
to prepare oneself for the worst; to strengthen one's resolve; to accept one's fate; to prepare oneself
to be fickle; to be frivolous; to be flippant; to be flighty; to be giddy; to be restless
in public; in company; in the presence of others
confession (to a crime, wrongdoing, etc.); admission; professing one's feelings (to someone one wants to go out with); declaration of love; profession (of faith); confession (of sins)
to love one another; to be affectionate towards each other; to have sex; to make love
to bear a child; to give birth (to)
to hug tight; to grasp firmly; to embrace tightly
to grow (of moss, grass, etc.); to sprout; to appear