application; request; petition
directly under; falling perpendicularly
gutsy; fearless; unwavering
to burn to a crisp; to scorch
wicket gate; wooden door; entrance to an entertainment venue (i.e. sumo arena, etc.)
locking up (doors and windows); fastening the doors
shopping district; shopping street; downtown
to run a shop; to have a shop
in name but not in reality
to overflow; to brim over; to flood
to be quiet (due to lack of activity); to be in a slump (of a business)
fully; luxuriantly; fluffy; plump; soft and full
Chinese wolfberry fruit (Lycium chinense); Chinese matrimony vine fruit
packing; crating; packaging
only because ...; definitely not; certainly not; if actually
unsold items; leftovers; remainders; spinster; old maid
villa; daimyo's suburban residence
daimyo's main Tokyo mansion
mental preparedness; being braced for; being steeled for
unable to stay (on); unable to endure being somewhere a second longer; feel like running away
great debt of gratitude; great obligation
to be crushed; to be smashed; to become useless; to cease functioning; to go bankrupt; to go out of business
prosperity; flourishing; thriving
scattering; leaflets; sushi rice in a box or bowl with a variety of ingredients sprinkled on top; writing in an irregular hand
what the?; what's going on?; what's this?
in good health; alive and well; going strong
article; news story; report; account
what; so-and-so; such and such; what?; wait; well, well
rise and fall (of nations); destiny
lawlessness; injustice; wrong; outrageous; lawless; disorderly
to run (up hill, stairs, etc.)
split among friends; falling out; internal discord
rude person; villain; blackguard; scoundrel; rogue; libertine
Qi (kingdom in China during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Period of the Warring States); Ch'i
remora; suckerfish; sharksucker (any fish of family Echeneidae); live sharksucker (Echeneis naucrates)
main course (of a river); mainstream; main current (e.g. of thought)
working one's way up; self-made person; veteran
pushing though; bulldozing; doing something by force; arm twisting