commodity; article of commerce; goods; stock; merchandise
cloth (for Japanese clothes); kimono fabrics; textile; silk fabrics
covered bridge passageway connecting the backstage (mirror room) to the noh stage
beyond that point; after that
pushing back one's opponent while locked in close quarters; having a tendency towards; being close to
(in the) style of a gate; gate-equipped (house, shop, etc.); kanji "gate" radical (radical 169)
basket (shopping, etc.); hamper; cage
sweet potato shop; sweet potato seller
haberdashery; sundries store
all that one has; all that there is; the whole
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
goal; target; aim; mark; sign; landmark
opening a new shop; opening a shop (for the day)
deadly serious; deadly earnest
to rank next to; to come after
name of store; trade name (esp. of a sole proprietorship); stage name (e.g. of actor)
to name; to call; to christen; to term
very hard; with utmost effort; as hard as one can; with all one's might; for dear life; eagerly
spare time; free time; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; quitting (one's job); firing someone
abacus; soroban; calculation (esp. of profit and loss); reckoning
with a click (door sound); with tenseness or firmness
to fully understand and agree; to be convinced; to be fully satisfied (with an explanation)
scenery; scene; landscape
loudly (flinging open a door); with a clatter; with a crash (e.g. of a falling structure); completely (change); utterly; louvre window (door, vent, etc.)
directly; in person; firsthand
curiosity; inquisitiveness
3000; three thousand; many
to throw; to cast (e.g. vote, light, shadow); to devote oneself (e.g. to a cause); to invest; to put in; to administer (medicine); to give
amateurish and haughty way of doing business; venturing into an unfamiliar line of business (and often failing)
miscellaneous goods; general goods; sundries
leaving everything up to someone else
previous day; day before; eve; prior day; preceding day
all night; throughout the night
cord used to tuck up the sleeves of a kimono; sash (worn across chest, e.g. by election candidate or relay runners); wrapper band on books, CDs, etc.
exhibition; display; putting on show
price tag; price label; tag displaying a base price which cannot be reduced by negotiation
branch office; branch store
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous