was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
various; a variety of; all sorts of; many (different)
purpose; utility; objective; way to use something
easy money; easy gain; making a killing
convenient; handy; useful
imagination; supposition; guess
troublesome; annoying; complicated
at any rate; anyhow; anyway; in any case; because
how many years; how long; what year
steadily; unflaggingly; untiringly; knocking; tapping; clicking
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
to bud; to sprout; to arise; to begin to grow
details; particulars; longitude and latitude; warp and weft; warp and woof
to take out; to carry out; to bring out from where it belongs; to mention something; to broach a topic; to bring up (a subject)
to sit up straight; to straighten one's posture; to straighten up
to often be the case; to occur frequently; to be common; to be popular
store; shop; establishment; restaurant
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
trade; business; trading; turnover; sales; takings
town; block; street; road; chō (unit of length, approx. 109.09 m); chō (unit of land area, approx. 0.99 hectares)
the most; the best; the greatest; supreme; unrivalled; unsurpassed
joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing
after making the rounds; after having passed through many hands; after going through many places; eventually
to be born and raised (in); to be born and brought up; to be born and bred
house where one was born; one's parents' house
symbol (of something abstract); emblem; (symbolic) representation
favorable; favourable; friendly; vividly colored; vividly coloured
because; as; since; because of that; therefore; accordingly
important person; influential figure; big shot; big thing; big one; big game
to demand gratitude; to do something for someone in order to create an obligation of gratitude from that person
to miss a chance; to miss an opportunity
future; (future) prospects; bringing (from abroad, another region, etc.); bringing about; giving rise to
to let go by; to let pass; to overlook; to miss
to palm off; to force a sale
king; queen; monarch; the Crown (as a focus of authority in the UK, etc.); the throne
to do over again; to redo; to start over; to remake; to resume; to recommence
to come fluttering in (e.g. leaves, snow, flowers, etc.); to come dancing in; to drop in unexpectedly; to happen unexpectedly
then; well; so; well then
thin (of an object); pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.)