shop; store; someone who sells (something) or works as (something); someone with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)
Edo (shogunate capital; former name of Tokyo); Yedo
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
smuggling (during the Edo period); contraband
what with A and B; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; denotes uncertainty
prohibition; ban; embargo
article; item; quality; flirtatiousness; coquetry
to deal with (a person); to treat; to deal with (a problem); to handle; to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to deal in
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
search; lookup; hunt; (item of) research; exploration; investigation
large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate
to find; to discover; to come across; to spot
from one's side; from the side (of something); from someone unconnected; from someone uninvolved
to snatch (and run); to carry off; to swipe; to scoop up (and remove; sand, earth, etc.)
manager; steward; factotum; useful person
connection; link; relationship
to float; to be suspended; to rise to the surface; to appear; to come to mind; to have inspiration
pluralizing suffix; or so; rough indicator of direction, location, amount, etc.; nominalizing suffix
to interrupt; to interfere; to meddle; to intrude; to butt in; to poke one's nose into
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
this is why; that is the reason why; it is the case that; so; thus; with that
seppuku; harakiri; ritual suicide by disembowelment; seppuku as a death penalty (where the convict is decapitated by a second as they make the motions to disembowel themself; Edo period)
to dissolve (an organization, company, etc.); to break up; to close down; to scrap (a plan, etc.)
end; ending; close; end of (one's) life; death
(Edo-period) town magistrate
counter for places (offices, facilities, stations)
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...
sweating easily; profuse sweater
fee; charge; rate; material
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
considerably; fairly; quite; rather; pretty
to find resolution; to be settled; to be collected; to be assembled; to be well arranged; to be in order
stingy person; miser; scrooge
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)
than; rather than; instead of; from; since; except
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
to work (someone) hard; to push (someone) around
trouble (I have put you through); (your) hard work; thank you (for your hard work); I appreciate your efforts
hire (charge); rent; charge; fare; fee; freight
to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out; to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily); to dawn
husband; master (of a house, shop, etc.)
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post