directly managed store (as opposed to a distributor)
local governor (Edo period); local magistrate; bailiff; deputy official (middle ages); acting administrator
so to speak; so to call it; as it were
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
to hear; to hear by chance; to hear by accident; to catch (the sound)
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
leading aristocrat; great house; grand seigneur; boyar
literary woman; talented woman
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
(giving) birth; childbirth; native of; product of; assets; property
practical use; application; conjugation; inflection
prominent; leading; foremost; distinguished
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
development; exploitation
one's own work; making by oneself
specialist shop; shop specializing in a few types of product
attendance (on); chaperonage; attendant; escort; entourage
safe (e.g. choice); secure; innocuous; acceptable; passable; satisfactory
deep; profound; dense; thick; close (relationship); intense; strong
(a) touch of; tinge of; wreath (e.g. of smoke); one stroke; one brush
defense; defence; guard; policing; security
to connect; to link together; to tie; to fasten; to maintain; to preserve
scattering; diffusion; spread (e.g. signal across the spectrum)
wherein; therein; thereinto
clever; smart; sharp (ear, etc.); sensitive; discerning
staff member; employee; worker; personnel
to lay in stock; to replenish stock; to procure; to learn; to find out; to take in
same kind (race); homogeneousness
original; unique; distinctive; independent; one's own; personal
intelligence or information network
construction; building; putting up; erecting; creation; formulation
ordinary person; member of the general public; non-celebrity
the defensive; passive attitude; passivity; the passive; passive voice; ukemi (the art of falling safely)
mundane; routine; everyday; unremarkable; common; day-to-day
to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)
type of occupation; occupational category
in turns; alternately; in order
to turn; to revolve; to visit several places; to function well; to pass a certain time