management; administration; operation; running (a business); conducting
to cut corners; to be shoddy; to slack off; to play a tenuki; to tenuki
to start (something); to start up; to launch (a business); to boot (a computer); to launch (a program)
practice kit; practice board; practice partner; training partner
merchant; store; shop; merchant house; merchant family
recognition; acknowledgement; acknowledgment; approval; consent; agreement
to pierce through; to break through
overhead; above one's head; high in the sky
everything; anything; nothing
silence; stillness; quietness
one o'clock; once; at one time; for a time; for a while; a time
to melt into; to dissolve into; to merge into; to blend into (surroundings); to fit in; to adapt to
to cry one's eyes out; to make one's eyes swollen from crying
going backward; turning back; backtracking; regression; retrogression; relapse
another; different; something else
as before; as ever; as it was originally
to be noticeable; to notice; to catch one's eye
to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)
to get better; to get well; to recover (from an illness); to be cured; to be restored; to heal
kindling; tinder; chips of firewood
continuance; survival; persistence; retention; duration
to take in; to bring in; to capture (e.g. image); to import; to win over; to please
instead; but (on the other hand)
postponement; deferment; hesitation; delaying; suspended sentence
to be annoyed (by); to be offended (at); to be irritated (with)
hey; listen; look here; I say
essence; true nature; substance; reality
sensation; feeling; tendency; propensity
furnished with; including; attached to; impression; appearance; luck; sociality
to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
purveyor (to the Imperial Household, etc.); company (or restaurant, place, etc.) that caters to or is popular with a specific clientele
joint enterprise; joint venture
to take the lead (in doing); to take the initiative; to be the leader
sobbing; weeping; whimpering
book lover; lover of books; bibliophilism; love of books
just like that; quite so; I agree; that street
certificate; certified document; (the) thumbs up; seal of approval; paper with signature of the shogun or lord
with a twitch (e.g. an eyebrow); with a dip; with a bob; with a flutter
to lurk; to be hidden; to be concealed; to lie dormant; to be latent
hypothesis; supposition; assumption; expectation; anticipation
minimum; at the very least
to come off (of a button, handle, lid, etc.); to go away (of a fever, pain, swelling, etc.); to disappear; to be harvested; to be picked; to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as)
byway; bypath; byroad; loophole; way out (of trouble); excuse