keeping accounts; balancing accounts
chief clerk (in a shop, managing affairs on the owner's behalf); head clerk; store manager
abacus; soroban; calculation (esp. of profit and loss); reckoning
writing brush; paintbrush; writing with a brush; drawing with a brush; writing (composing text); the written word
running errands; going on errands; (transaction of) business; going about one's business; doing one's business (i.e. at the toilet); going to the washroom
to dust; to remove dust; to slap; to hit (with the palm); to use up money
spreading one's legs wide apart; straddle; long stride; big steps; thigh-scooping body drop
to go through; to pass through; to get through; to cut across
(short) curtain hung at shop entrance; split curtain used to divide spaces in a house; reputation (of a store); good name; goodwill
living room (Western style); sitting room
store; shop; establishment; restaurant
one's destination; place where someone is going; source (of an object); origin; branch office
plentiful; abundant; definitely extant
plump; with a thud; heavily
storehouse with thick (earthen) walls; godown
(Japanese-style) living room
not to mention ...; needless to say ...; not to speak of ...; (arch.) negligent; (arch.) neglectful; (arch.) careless
whole family; entire family; all (members of) the family; all over the house; throughout the house
spirit; heart; disposition
tea cabinet; cupboard for tea implements
beginning of autumn; beginning of fall
very much; exceedingly; extremely
dreary; bleak; monotonous; tasteless; unrefined
make; workmanship; preparation
courtyard; quadrangle; middle court
to bend many times; to turn and twist; to zigzag
Japanese red pine (Pinus densiflora); Japanese umbrella pine; tanyosho pine
visibly; openly; publicly
zabuton; flat floor cushion used when sitting or kneeling; usu. rectangular
plunking (down something heavy); flumping (into a chair)
timid; weak-kneed; fainthearted; bearish
how about ...?; I wonder; I don't know
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
appearance; air; condition; state; form
inquiry; enquiry; question; searching; looking for
hatago (type of Edo-period inn for travellers)
peerless; matchless; unparalleled; unrivalled; unequalled; incomparable
to look around; to survey
to weigh on one's mind; to trouble one's heart; to be concerned about; to worry about
boss; leader; kingpin; chief; head (e.g. of a crime syndicate)
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
feelings; emotion; compassion; sympathy; passion; affection
to stand (up); to rise; to stick up