principal occupation; core business
stout-hearted; firm; courageous; brave; tough
kidnapping; kidnaping; abduction; kidnapper; kidnaper; abductor
occupation; calling; livelihood
to draw back; to leave (the area)
article for sale; goods for sale; offering; specialty; selling point
commodity; article of commerce; goods; stock; merchandise
boy; son; child; mere boy; stripling; greenhorn
you're lying; yeah, right; liar; fibber
to handle well; to handle deftly; to deal with; to manage; to prepare (meat or fish) for cooking; to dress (meat, etc.)
to be born; to come into the world
boasting; bragging; big talk; conch (esp. Charonia tritonis); trumpet shell
blowing (e.g. of the wind); playing (a wind instrument); player (e.g. clarinet); (pair of) bellows; casting; founding
contortion; distortion; warp; kink (in one's character); twist
growth; development; one's early life; upbringing; personal history
mistress; kept woman; concubine
thereabouts; vicinity; that area; that situation; those circumstances
person who avoids others; social outcast
pronunciation; reading (e.g. of a kanji); way of reading (out loud); interpretation (e.g. of a text); reading
to change facial expression or color (due to anger, embarrassment, etc.)
exile; banishment; eviction; elimination (e.g. of poverty); removal
strict; severe; stern; rigid; rigorous; tough
noisily; with loud footsteps; in a crowd; incessantly; all together
to begin talking; to open up
failure; defective article; dead loss; good-for-nothing; worthless person; flop
to be pleased with; to suit
to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument)
You'll regret this!; I'll get you for this; Just you wait
celebrated personage; big-wig; person in a high position
unqualified; without qualifications
January; first month of the lunar calendar
aristocrat; nobleman; dignitary; person of high rank