to make a success in life
ready wit; quick wits; resourcefulness; raising (money)
an adult-age eldest son who has yet to come into his inheritance; (a young adult still) living at home; a dependent
to be adopted; to enter a family as an adopted child
to make a name for oneself; to achieve success
construction; establishment
sense of inferiority; one's weak point
tenement house; row house
to take up residence; to settle in
interpreter (in the Edo period)
interpretation (i.e. oral translation); interpreter
China under the Qing dynasty; Qing China; Qing dynasty
click-clack; clip-clop; clatter
front and rear; before and after; order; sequence; consequences; context
greengrocer; fruit and vegetable shop
by nature; naturally; by birth; innately; congenitally
record; minutes; record (e.g. in sports); results; to record; to document
individual; private person; personal; private
manners; customs; sex service; sex industry; sex-oriented entertainment
to bind; to file; to top with egg (e.g. donburi)
to be completed; to be finished; to be ready (e.g. to serve or eat); to be very drunk
paint; coloring materials; colors; colours
to shade an account; to add something extra
geisha; professional female entertainer, usu. at traditional banquets
street performer (comedian)
rough sketch; design; cartoon
portrait; likeness; sketch (of a face)
repeatedly; frequently; over and over; exceedingly; sincerely; very much
sketching; drawing from nature; portrayal; description