maritime transport; shipping
union; combination; association; RENGO (Japanese Trade Union Confederation)
order (for an item); request; demand; condition
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it; that sort of (thing mentioned immediately prior)
of all (things, people, places, days, etc.)
stretching a rope around; roping off; one's turf; domain; territory (of an animal)
quotient; business; merchant; second degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Shang dynasty (of China; approx. 1600-1046 BCE); Yin dynasty
trade association; craft; guild
to originate (with); to start (with); to stem (from)
independence; self-reliance
nature (of a person); sex; gender; sex (i.e. sexual attraction, activity, etc.); gender; -ty
to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being
self-government; autonomy; local (governmental) autonomy
to intimidate; to frighten; to scare; to threaten (e.g. peace); to jeopardize; to endanger
great (quantity, amount, etc.); huge; enormous; serious
creed; belief; conviction; article of faith
thriving (prosperous) business; rush of business
immense sum (of money); ten thousand yen
moneymaking; earning money
property; fortune; assets
what kind of thing; anything (else); nothing (but)
tremendous; immense; enormous; colossal; stupendous; huge
to hold out; to extend (e.g. a hand); to present; to submit; to sacrifice; to give (up)
to open the door (to the world, women, etc.)
central city; major city (in a region)
port city; harbour city; harbor city
the wolf knows what the ill beast thinks; it takes one to know one; it takes a thief to catch a thief
promptly; quickly; without delay; before others; first
to sense; to infer; to gather; to pick up on; to get wind of; to perceive
interference; intervention; meddling
leaving as is; leaving alone; leaving unattended; neglecting; abandoning
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
from the standpoint of; from the viewpoint of; on; above; the best; top