to show respect for; to revere; to honour; to honor; to worship; to hold in esteem
honeytrap; honey trap; honeypot
to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)
Echigoya; Echigoya (nefarious businessman; stock character in period dramas)
merchant; trader; tradesman; dealer; shopkeeper
trouble; bother; annoyance; to be troubled (by); to be bothered (by); to be inconvenienced (by)
purveyor (to the government or Imperial Household)
worn-out; ragged; crumbling; dry and crumbly; falling (in drops or clumps); scattering
trade; business; commerce; occupation; calling; profession
interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance
quotient; business; merchant; second degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Shang dynasty (of China; approx. 1600-1046 BCE); Yin dynasty
to fly about; to jump about; to bustle about
coming and going; keeping in touch; visiting each other; street traffic; highway
trade; buying and selling
to bring (something); to take along; to fetch; to get
enterprise; business; company; corporation
additional; extraordinary; outside the norms; special case
to join hands; to join forces; to work in cooperation; to link up; to partner with
low table; table with very short legs
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
amber; bright golden yellow
confections; sweets; candy; cake
(metal) bar; (wooden) rolling pin
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
gold (Au); golden; prosperous; money (esp. ōban coin); cash
gift; present; tip; bribe
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
article; item; quality; flirtatiousness; coquetry
of course; certainly; naturally
to put (into); to put away (in); to pay (fees, taxes, etc.); to deliver; to accept (a gift or money); to keep (within a limit); to offer (to a shrine, deity, etc.)
weight; weight (e.g. of someone's words); burden; importance; significance
to spill; to fall out of; to peek through; to become visible (although normally not); to escape (of a smile, tear, etc.)
to say; to tell; to state; to do
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
play; playing; pleasure; amusement; play (in a mechanism, e.g. a steering wheel); slack
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
soft and flaky (pie, potatoes, squash, etc.); fluffy; crumbly; being pleased with oneself; beaming happily; chuckling to oneself
resembling ...; having the traits or characteristics of ...; -looking; with a ...-like expression; with an air of ...
transactions; dealings; business
to go by; to go past; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to go indoors; to go into a room; to penetrate
to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out; to hand (over); to give
military force; military strength
face; official stance; public position or attitude (as opposed to private thoughts); ceremony for the erection of the framework of a house
wiles; sinister design; trick; conspiracy; intrigue