baseball club (at a university, corporation, etc.); baseball team
starting a business; promotion of enterprise
bar; saloon; pub; tavern; drinking establishment
reclamation (e.g. wasteland); cultivation; development; pioneering; opening up (e.g. new market); breaking new ground
shōchū; Japanese spirit distilled from sweet potatoes, rice, etc.
to soak (in); to steep; to dip; to pickle; to preserve (in salt, vinegar, etc.)
faint; indistinct; dim; (arch.) few; (arch.) a little
mobile sales (e.g. food trucks); mobile catering; route sales
picking up; someone who picks up things; type picking (letterpress printing); walking (of an aristocrat)
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
cutting an alcoholic beverage (usu. whisky or shōchū); diluting an alcoholic beverage; cut drink; diluted drink; watered-down drink
rate; ratio; profit; assignment; 10%; unit of ten percent; match
imagination; supposition; guess
true character; real nature
hiding at all costs; desperate cover-up; doing one's best to keep (something) secret
presence (impressive quality)
to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation
rather; better; instead; if anything
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet
to be completely changed (for the worse); to be transformed
glance; look; glimpse; complete view; bird's-eye view
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively
somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why
goldfish (Carassius auratus)
hybrid; crossbreed; mongrel
to pair with; to pair up; to pair off
unclear; obscure; unknown; unidentified; ignorance; lack of wisdom
cherry tree; cherry blossom; fake buyer; paid audience; hired applauder; horse meat
to come together; to merge; to fit; to match; to be profitable; to be equitable
straight (ahead); direct; upright; straightforward; honest; frank
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
proper; respectable; decent; (arch.) entirely; (arch.) completely; (arch.) wholly
to be separated; to be apart; to leave; to go away; to leave (a job, etc.); to quit
spring water; clear (pure) water