craftsman; artisan; workman; carpenter
tribe; race; group (of people who share a common feature); gang; tribe (taxonomic rank); group (in the periodic table)
upstart; nouveau riche; new money; piece promoted to gold general
outward appearance; ostensible; public; official
company; corporation; firm; one's workplace
management; administration; operation
businessperson; businessman; businesswoman; entrepreneur; captain of industry
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
underworld; underside of society
various; a variety of; variously; in various ways; various things; this and that
to turn; to rotate; to pass around; to send around; to move (someone or something to where its needed); to send; to turn (to a new use)
making a killing; making easy money; robbery; robber
finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
once again; yet again; (there you go) again
continuously; the whole time; much (more); (by) far; far (away); long (ago, before, after)
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
the fate of a nation; life-or-death (situation) for a nation; national crisis
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
influential; prominent; leading; strong; powerful; likely
various fiefdoms; various domains
imperial loyalist samurai of the Bakumatsu-era; patriots; idealists willing to sacrifice themselves for the good of the nation
start; beginning; build up; how well a pitcher pitches at the start of the game
to put one's life on the line; to risk one's life; to put everything one has into it
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); province (of Japan)
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
how; in what way; how about
to be reflected; to harmonize with (harmonise); to come out (photo); to be projected; to be displayed (on a screen)
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
to stray into; to lose one's way (and enter); to wander into
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
elegant; graceful; refined; leisurely; comfortable; easy
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh