close thicket; dense forest; jungle; Amazon (online retailer)
third; tertiary; cubic (function, equation, etc.); third-order
slowly; unhurriedly; without haste; leisurely; at one's leisure
merchant; trader; tradesman; dealer; shopkeeper
uncertain; indefinite; vague; ambiguous; equivocal; dubious
great-grandmother; great-grandma
symbol; sign; (secret) price mark; secret language; code
germination; sprouting; budding
trade; business; trading; turnover; sales; takings
to run (a business); to operate; to carry out; to perform; to hold (a Buddhist or Shinto ceremony)
attaching too much importance to; placing disproportionate emphasis on; making too much of
backing; support; backer; shield that protects one's back
to be granted (e.g. a title); to be awarded (e.g. a prize); to be gifted with (a talent); to be taught (e.g. a secret technique); to be instructed; to be initiated
to fall off; to tumble down
examine (investigate into) a person's history
preconception; preconceived notion; prejudice
to meet fortuitously; to meet by chance; to happen across
misrepresentation (falsification) of one's past record (personal history)
best regards; please remember me; please treat me favorably (favourably); please take care of
octopus; man with a bald or shaven head
light weapon; light firearm
one leaf (of a book bound in Japanese style); one block of tofu; one serving (in a restaurant); one long and narrow thing (e.g. a gun, scissors, spade, hoe, inkstick, palanquin, candle, jinrikisha, shamisen, oar); one chō (unit of distance, approx. 109.09 m); one game; one task
your Excellency; his Excellency; her Excellency
boorish; unsophisticated; unrefined; uncouth; tasteless; insensitive
measures to defend oneself (for self-defense) (defence)
to take away; to carry away
merchant; trader; expert (in a trade or profession); professional; woman working in the nightlife business (bar or nightclub hostess, geisha, etc.); demimondaine
loss and gain; advantage and disadvantage
poor; meagre; meager; feeble; scanty; shabby
vague; faint; dim; indistinct; hazy; blurry
investigation; inspection; examination; tune; note; melody