business activities; business conduct; business operations
vein of gold; financial connections; patron; source of money
to go to the top; to climb to the top; to ascend to the top; to be engrossed in; to be very enthusiastic about; to be infatuated with
trade; buying and selling; trafficking (e.g. of humans, arms, drugs); dealing
rising rapidly (e.g. prices, popularity); soaring; skyrocketing; going through the roof
fellow; mutual; companion; comrade
meeting; assembly; association; conjunction
participation; joining; entry; adherence
highest rank; highest position; high-end; highest-order; most-significant (e.g. bit)
three noble families (Kan'in, Kazan'in, and Nakanoin or Koga); three branch Tokugawa families (Owari, Kii, and Mito)
becoming a mere shell; becoming a dead letter; losing (one's) substance; being reduced to a formality
middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly
rejection; expulsion; boycott; ostracism
entering; setting (of the Sun); containing; content; income; beginning
disturbance; obstruction; hindrance; jamming; interference
(those) who are; (that) which is; in the capacity of
property; fortune; means; assets
10^12; 1,000,000,000,000; trillion; sign; omen; indication
300; three hundred; 300 mon; trifling amount; shyster
10^8; 100,000,000; hundred million
by the end of this year; before the year comes to a close; during this year
mouth; lips; shape of the mouth; near an entrance; vicinity of an entrance
regarding; in; to; towards; with regards to
reliance; trust; faith; confidence
holding (a conference, exhibition, etc.); opening; hosting (e.g. the Olympics)
rough (estimate, manner, etc.); crude; broad; loose; careless (work)
outbreak; spring forth; generation (e.g. of power or heat); genesis; ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state
another family; another house
enough; sufficient; sufficiently; fully; division into ten
breadwinner; biggest earner
pity; sympathy; compassion; affection; love
to pay back a debt; to have one's revenge; to settle a score; to get back at someone
loss; damage; harm; disadvantage; handicap; drawback
absurd; unreasonable; excessive; very; extremely; excessively
overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed
uncharacteristic; unbefitting; unworthy (of)
imprudence; indiscretion; thoughtlessness
being cleared (doubt, misgivings, etc.); being dispelled; melting away; melting (of ice)
to (an extent); up to; doesn't amount to doing ...; not significant enough to require ...; even if ...