so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
unworthy (of one's father, teacher, etc.); I; me; incompetent; unskilled; (arch.) unfortunate
unknown; unidentified; unspecified
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow (handling, dealing with something); anyhow; one way or another
to be helpful; to help; to be of assistance; to come in handy
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
honorific/polite/humble prefix
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
story; tale; talk; discussion
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
ghost story; tale of the supernatural
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
to find; to discover; to come across; to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
to sell; to betray; to sell out (one's friend, country, etc.); to make (oneself) known; to establish (a reputation) for oneself; to pick (a fight, quarrel, etc.)
plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme
spoiled; spoilt; ruined; wasted (chance, etc.); messed up; destroyed
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; 's; of
to leave; to go away; to pass; to elapse; to be distant; to send away; to drive off
already; yet; soon; shortly; further; more
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
to buy; to purchase; to value (highly); to think highly of; to incur (someone's anger, displeasure, etc.); to elicit (e.g. sneers)
please (give me); please (do for me)
to beat down prices; to strike a hard bargain
by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing
how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
purchase; buying; buying used articles as a company; trade-in; purchase on a no-return policy; lump-sum payment
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
Echigoya; Echigoya (nefarious businessman; stock character in period dramas)
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
cheap; rash; thoughtless; careless
to be possible to say; to be able to say; (arch.) said; (arch.) have said
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
originally; from the start; from the beginning; none the worse (for); (coming out) even; in the same position (as before)
having no choice but to ...; all one can do is ...; there's nothing to do except ...; having nothing but ...; there is only ...; having only ...
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
to palm off; to force a sale
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case