place to look (esp. when averting one's eyes)
rubber raft; inflatable boat
pretty girl who attracts customers to come inside a shop
shop; small store; business; firm
to trade in (commercial goods); to deal in; to sell
investment trust; mutual fund
to tell (to do); to order; to tell on (someone); to tattle; to often say
steel tower; electricity pylon; transmission tower
henchman; follower; (arch.) adopted child
(clenched) fist; knuckles
youthful indiscretion; youthful enthusiasm; youthful excess
to say everything one wants to say; to exhaust a topic
suddenly; abruptly; slowly; leisurely; deliberately
male instincts; male frivolity
to get narrower; to contract
present continuous tense; present progressive form
lightly; easily; carelessly
Western-style clothes (cf. traditional Japanese clothes)
words of praise; eulogy; compliment
to rub together; to reconcile (ideas, proposals, plans); to compare and adjust
ups and downs; bobbing up and down; rising and falling; ebbing and flowing
relocation of the capital; transfer of the capital
to begin to fall (rain, etc.)
rapidly; vigorously; by leaps and bounds; steadily
self-satisfied look; triumphant expression
selling or divesting in unwanted stocks; hiding bad loans
Musashi (former province located in parts of present-day Tokyo, Kanagawa and Saitama prefectures)
art of war; strategy; tactics
repetition mark in hiragana
some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...; or; either ... or