trade; business; trading; turnover; sales; takings
coolie; laborer; labourer; carrier
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
to take on; to undertake; to take over; to inherit; to guarantee; to vouch for
bravery; military prowess; valour; valor
to surpass; to outstrip; to excel
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
smooth (of a surface); glassy; smooth (of an action, proceedings, etc.); fluent (speech); continuously differentiable
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen
to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to coax; to wheedle; to soothe and humor (humour)
without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory
in appearance; to look at; judging from appearances
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
relief; reassurance; recognition of right to land ownership (by the shogunate, a feudal lord, etc.); (arch.) living safely surrounded by walls
is something that; is that which
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
plan; policy; means; fifth principle of the Eight Principles of Yong; right upward flick
please; kindly; I beg of you; by all means; without fail
(more than) enough; too much; bitterly; extremely; keenly
to be in a hurry; to be impatient; to be anxious (to do); to get a fright; to panic; to get flustered
potato (Solanum tuberosum)
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
house-sitting; house-sitter; caretaker or keeper (official post in the Edo period)
to order; to command; to appoint
to spoil; to rot; to corrode
nun; bitch; Amagasaki, Hyogo; Amazon (online retailer)
opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows
to use one's influence; to pull strings; to take measures; to make the necessary preparations
to crush (with one's hands); to kill a proposal; to shelve; to table (remove from consideration)
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
admirable; commendable; praiseworthy; laudable; brave; heroic
to pinch and crush; to pinch out
feelings; emotion; compassion; sympathy; passion; affection
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
end; conclusion; last; final; no sooner than; once
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
alright; all right; right on; looking good; OK; okay
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
branch; bough; limb; twig; sprig; spray
to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)
fat; thick; deep (of a voice); thick; daring; shameless
to carry; to transport; to come; to go; to wield (a tool, etc.); to use
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
to be in high spirits; to be full of vigor (vigour); to be enthusiastic; to be eager; to stretch to breaking point