management; administration; operation; running (business); conducting
1000 pounds; 1000 kan; 1000 yen; 1000 pieces of gold; great weight; pricelessness
to fade; to lose colour (color); to discolour (discolor)
size; large and small (sizes); various sizes; daishō (matched pair of long and short swords); large and small drums; long months and short months; sic bo (Macao dice game)
upstart; nouveau riche; new money; piece promoted to gold general
gold (Au); golden (color); valuable; of highest value; money; gold coin; Friday
(of plants) growing in clusters; growing gregariously
attribute; property; context; character class, type, fetish, etc.
disappointment; despair; despondency; broken heart; adversity
marital quarrel; argument between husband and wife
to steam (food, towel, etc.); to be hot and humid; to be sultry
to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to coax; to wheedle; to soothe and humor (humour)
to blurt out; to let slip; to say inadvertently; to come out with (e.g. nonsense)
when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days
leather strap binding the plates of traditional Japanese armor (armour)
greatly energetic; ferocious; extreme; severe
to remain in memory (of sounds and words); to linger in one's ears
traditional Chinese medicine
medical science; medicine
from the viewpoint of; according to
Edo (shogunate capital, now Tokyo); Yedo
middle period; medium-term
service tunnel (cables, gas, etc.)
master; expert; expert board game player (chess, go, shogi, etc.)
clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect
to be ruined (reduced to poverty); to fall low; to go under; to come to ruin
distinguished family; noted family; family status in the Imperial Court; master (of a craft); expert
end; tip; end (of the year, month, etc.); close; youngest child; descendants; offspring
system; lineage; corollary; system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period); (taxonomical) series
fashion; way; school (of thought); class; rank; current (electrical, water, etc.)
reality; actuality; practice (as opposed to theory); truly; really; bhutakoti (limit of reality)
blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings
indeed; really; very; extremely; absolutely; certainly
appearance; air; mien; getup
uncle; old man; mister; manybar goatfish (Parupeneus multifasciatus)
one's house; one's home; one's family
entrance; front door; entryway; entranceway; entry hall; vestibule
tatami mat; Japanese straw floor coverings
(dying) suddenly; (breaking) brittly; with a snap; softly and swellingly