principal occupation; core business
to be onto a good thing; to make money without working; to line one's pockets
to examine (medically); to have a look at; to check (a patient's pulse)
central; main; just (done); counter for consecutive losses
to profit; to get; to have (bear, beget) a child; to have a stroke of luck
to settle (a debt or matter); to pay back (money or goods); (arch.) to fulfill one's obligation of payment; (arch.) to pay in full
loan; lending; favor; favour; creditor; method of lending
harsh (criticism, treatment, etc.); severe; hard; strict
to ward off (e.g. an attack); to fend off (e.g. a question); to elude; to evade; to dodge; to turn aside (e.g. a joke)
shady; underhanded; questionable
to grow; to cultivate; to let grow (e.g. weeds)
to be; to exist; (arch.) to come; (arch.) to go; (arch.) to be (somewhere)
weasel (esp. the Japanese weasel, Mustela itatsi); mustelid (any mammal of family Mustelidae)
everybody; every last one of them; all
sly; cunning; sneaky; miserly; mean; stingy
convenient; favorable; favourable; expedient; expedience
expulsion; ousting; ejection; dismissal; banishment
nakedness; nudity; bareness; nakedness; being penniless; concealing nothing
cute; adorable; charming; lovely; pretty
being startled; getting a shock
to have a drink; to have a few drinks
eccentric; queer; unconventional; peculiar; original
(short) curtain hung at shop entrance; split curtain used to divide spaces in a house; reputation (of a store); good name; goodwill
five; five years of age; eight o'clock (old time system)
friendly chat; pleasant chat; lighthearted talk; friendly conversation
waiting on a table; serving (at dinner); waiter; waitress; office boy; office girl
tatami room; dinner party in a tatami room with a geisha or maiko
between-season wear; spring and autumn clothing; together; condition; situation; -ish
to shine; to be visible; to be tinged with; to rise (of water levels); to flow in; to be felt (i.e. as an emotion); to come over one
name; given name; first name
how (beautiful, tasty, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name
to instigate; to tempt; to entice; to incite
internal organ; viscera; gut
embezzlement; misappropriation; usurpation
to press against; to push against; to force against; to foist on (task, responsibility); to impose (one's will)
forgery; counterfeiting; fabrication; falsification
to get too familiar with; to become too familiar with
sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; indulgent
to fall for a trick; to be taken in; to play into the hands (of)
transforming oneself; taking on another form; disguising oneself; artificial fly (for fishing)
to be blown off; to blow off; to blow away; to vanish; to disappear; to be dispelled
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt