article for sale; goods for sale; offering; specialty; selling point
fruit store; fruit dealer; fruit seller; fruiterer; fruiteress
how; in what way; how about
to find out; to discover; to select; to pick out; to look out (from the inside); to be wide-eyed (in surprise, anger, etc.)
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
to fall behind; to lag behind; to lose (race, contest)
already; now; no longer; not any more
innate ability; innate talent; natural gift
to say; to spatter; to prate; to prattle; to babble
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
whispered conversation; whispering
rate; ratio; comparatively; contrary to expectations
such; like that; that sort of; very
all over; all over the place; everywhere
hot topic; talk of the town
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
standing signboard; billboard; hoarding
to be conspicuous; to stand out
frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
signboard; sign; draw; attraction; reputation (of a shop); name
to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal
market (financial, stock, domestic, etc.); marketplace; exchange; (street) market
among (other things); especially; particularly; inter alia; above all (else)
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
letter (of alphabet); character; writing
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
idleness; lack of application; lazy study habits
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
hieroglyph; hieroglyphic character
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
dirty; filthy; disordered; messy; indecent (language, etc.); dirty
after all; in the end; conclusion; end; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
heading; headline; index; headword
to be to the point; to hit the mark; to be relevant
violence; assault; rough (e.g. handling); reckless; rape; sexual assault
a little; for a moment; a short while; just a minute
tending a store; salesperson; sales clerk; shop assistant
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
abandonment; renunciation; resignation; abdication (responsibility, right)