pop; signage; display; billboard (as used to decorate arcade games)
hum; hmm; hm hm (light chuckle with mouth closed); uh-huh; mm; hmm
special price; bargain price
one person; one customer; unmarried and childless older woman
deplorable; regrettable; disappointing; vexing; unfortunate
to mutter; to murmur; to grumble; to tweet (Twitter)
down to earth; reasonable; able to deal with
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
(what) one is trying to say; (what) one wants to say; (what) one is saying; (what) one means
to take in one's hand; to pick up; to obtain
satisfaction; contentment; sufficient; satisfactory; satisfying (an equation)
to draw an arc (e.g. with a compass); to describe an arc (e.g. through the air)
unexpectedly; surprisingly; unexpected; unanticipated; unforeseen
cheap; inexpensive; calm; peaceful; quiet
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
to omit; to leave out; to exclude; to curtail; to save; to cut down
Japanese person; Japanese people
disposition; temperament; nature; mentality; spirit; character
allowance; remittance; sending (someone) an allowance
be (that) as it may; having said that
to support; to maintain; to bring up; to raise; to adopt (a child); to cultivate (a habit, a quality, etc.)
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
waste (of money, time, etc.); squandering; frittering away
moderation; self-restraint; temperance
important; significant; precious; valuable; careful
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal
even; flat; level; calm; peaceful; uneventful
to shrink back; to wince; to flinch; to recoil
to raise one's face; to lift one's head; to raise one's eyes
to take a peep at; to catch a glimpse of
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
to ask a question; to begin to ask a question
to divide (into); to split (into); to share; to distribute; to distinguish; to discriminate; to break up (a fight)
noisy; loud; much talked of; much-discussed; strict; severe