locational advantage; advantageous position; products from the land (farm output, timber, minerals, etc.); land rent
seizure; confiscation; impounding; sequestration; forfeiture
to use one's own money; to pay for from one's own pocket
to forge; to temper; to drill; to train; to discipline
to sharpen; to hone; to wash (rice); to scour; to polish
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence; pretense; (a customer) coming to restaurant, ryokan, etc. without a reservation or introduction
long sword; minute hand (of a clock)
(one's) exclusive use; private use; dedicated use; use for a particular purpose; exclusive use (of particular products); using only (e.g. a certain brand)
to push into; to cram into; to stuff into; to break in; to burgle; to burglarize
a tiny bit; just a smidgin; a wee bit; very slightly
small quantity; small amount; narrowmindedness
to appease one's thirst; to wet one's whistle
fur; skin; pelt; kanji "fur" radical
business; things to do; engagement; errand; affairs
umbrella; parasol; something shaped like an umbrella or a conical hat; shade (of a lamp); mushroom cap
fragment; broken piece; chip; ounce (of truth, conscience, etc.); trace; shred
to install; to fit; to (manage to) obtain (someone's agreement, permission, etc.); to get; to patronize (a shop); to buy usually (from the same store)
old town; old part of a city
flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event
morning; forenoon; just before noon
market (financial, stock, domestic, etc.); marketplace; exchange; (street) market
shopping; purchased goods
along; parallel to; in accordance with
main school; principal school; this school; our school
to arrive (at one's destination); to reach; to come to a head; to reach a conclusion; to culminate (in)
sorry; excuse me; thank you
being obtrusive; being conspicuous (in a bad way)
dealing with (people, customers, complaints, etc.); receiving (callers, visitors, etc.); attending to; handling; serving
coworker; co-worker; colleague; associate
to happen to hear; to overhear
thin; slender; slim; skinny
fluently (speaking a foreign language); incessantly (speaking); glibly; one after the other (flipping through pages); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy
talkativeness; garrulity; loquacity
right; right-hand side; right hand; the above (in a piece of vertical writing); above-mentioned; the right (wing)
to pay no attention to (while listening); to take no notice of; to ignore; to let go in one ear and out the other
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
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
bamboo grass; generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)
relief; reassurance; recognition of right to land ownership (by the shogunate, a feudal lord, etc.); (arch.) living safely surrounded by walls
tower; steeple; spire; stupa; pagoda; dagoba