betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)
box; box-shape; cube-type
roughly; approximately; (cutting) in one stroke; (breaking apart) with vigour; (cutting) deeply; (splitting) wide open
unable to stay (on); unable to endure being somewhere a second longer; feel like running away
sidewalk café; footpath café
logical; cogent; well-reasoned; logically consistent
trade; business; commerce; occupation; calling; profession
standing for; advocating; championing; professing (to be)
brightness; discernment; insight; eyesight; vision; nth year in the Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)
whole area; whole region; stretch (of land); tract; belt
putting online (services, administrative functions, etc.); going online; digitalization; digitization
book making (binding, publishing)
binding (of a book); design (of a book cover)
encyclopedia; encyclopaedia
press; print shop; printing office
new book; new publication
business conditions; business category; line of business
bookstore; bookshop; publisher; main building
Suruga (former province located in the central and northern parts of present-day Shizuoka Prefecture)
bearer; carrier; person bearing responsibility; person in charge; supporter
counter; window; teller window; contact person; point of contact
hamburger shop; hamburger restaurant; hamburger joint
con game; confidence game; confidence trick
to be right on target; to strike it rich
one turn; spinning around; complete change; reversal; (an) about-face
old book; rare book; classic; secondhand book; used book
print on demand; POD; on-demand printing
table; desk; counter for tables, desks, etc.; offering table before an altar (sometimes used in tea ceremony); tabletop incense burner
book; booklet; story book; pamphlet; notebook
library; book collection; paperback book
to obey respectfully; to humble oneself; to sit straight (upright, respectfully, attentively)
tablet; pill; tablet; tablet computer; tablet; (inscribed) slab