to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
trade; business; trading; turnover; sales; takings
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
coming; going; being (somewhere); come; go; stay
Yamaguchi (city, prefecture)
far away; distant place; long ago; far back; by far
without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
to enquire; to inquire; to seek information
persistence; single-mindedness
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
sorry; excuse me; thank you
fate; destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together); relationship (e.g. between two people); bond; family ties; affinity; opportunity
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
light (e.g. aircraft, truck); light motor vehicle (up to 660cc and 64bhp); kei car
all sorts of; all kinds of
pommel horse; side horse; saddled horse
simmered with; cooked with; boiling; boiled dish
green Japanese peppercorn; unripe Japanese peppercorn
nama-fu (steamed wheat gluten) mixed with chestnuts
riches and honours (honors); wealth and rank
special order (goods); custom (made); bespoke
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
common orient clam (Meretrix lusoria)
kudzu (Pueraria montana); Japanese arrowroot; Chinese moonseed (Sinomenium acutum)
Tanba (former province located in parts of present-day Kyoto, Hyogo and Osaka prefectures)
gudgeon (any fish of genus Gnathopogon or related genera); willow gudgeon (Gnathopogon caerulescens); longtooth grouper (species of fish, Epinephelus bruneus)
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
to deliver; to forward; to send; to report; to notify; to file notice (to the authorities)
early; a little earlier than usual; a little faster than usual; slightly quicker
to pass (by) each other; to brush past; to miss (meeting) each other; to fail to meet; to be at odds; to clash
single; simple; singles (tennis, badminton, etc.); win bet (bet which predicts the winner of a race)
to obey respectfully; to humble oneself; to sit straight (upright, respectfully, attentively)