market price; speculation (e.g. on stocks); reputation (according to conventional wisdom); estimation
price; cost; value; worth; value
to raise; to lift; to hang up; to raise prices (artificially, deliberately)
hating to lose; unyielding; unbending; competitive; sore loser; determined
vain person; ostentatious person; show-off
shifting (the burden) onto; ill effects; negative consequences; burden
understanding; comprehension; appreciation; sympathy
all that one has; all that there is; the whole
grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude
to entrust; to leave to a person
gaudy (esp. of makeup or clothing); garish; glitzy; loud
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
to behave like a spoiled child; to behave like a spoilt child; to fawn on; to depend and presume upon another's benevolence
burnable garbage; burnable waste
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error (e.g. in calculation); to confuse; to mistake something for something else
circular notice (esp. distributed to households within a neighbourhood association)
from long ago; from old times; from time immemorial
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
to lean (to one side); to incline; to be unbalanced (e.g. diet); to be unduly weighted towards; to be partial; to be biased
to get irritated; to get annoyed; to be on the edge; to fret; to lose patience
Japanese mustard spinach (Brassica rapa var. perviridis)
growth period (in children)
devising (a way); contriving; device; design; dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation)
food; food products; foodstuffs
small dish (served as a part of an ordinary household meal); side dish
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else
about to start out; just about to leave or go out; outing; trip
to have (urgent) business; to have something one needs to attend to; to have something one wants to say (to someone)
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
downstairs neighbour (neighbor); subordinate
not caring; not giving a damn
working adult; full-fledged member of society
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
senior high school student
a blink of time; (lit.) the time it takes to say "Ah!"
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
right hand; right-hand side; right-hand direction; (on) the right