genuine; real; authentic; full-scale; full-blown; all-out
street-level store; shop facing the street
roof tile; tiled roof; objects crowded together (e.g. houses)
to line up; to put in a row; to add (to a group); to accept (as a member of an organization, etc.); to link; to put together
free markets and open guilds; relaxed market place policy in the Azuchi-Momoyama Period (1573-1598)
trade; business; commerce; occupation; calling; profession
feeling refreshed; feeling relieved; neat; tidy; frank; open-hearted; completely
to work hard; to work diligently; to do one's best; to try one's hardest
to resign; to retire; to quit; to leave (one's job, etc.)
advance (into a new market, industry, etc.); expansion (into); launch (into); advance (to the next round of a competition)
and; moreover; besides; as well as; and on top of that; at the same time
energy; vigour; vigor; liveliness; spirit; life
to accompany; to go hand in hand with; to be consequent upon; to be accompanied by; to bring with; to take with
hostility; antagonism; opposition
everyday necessities; daily necessities
supply; provision; raising; procurement
familiarity; intimacy; acquaintance
nine (in mekuri karuta); oicho-kabu (traditional Japanese gambling game)
transactions; dealings; business
to earn (income); to make (money); to score (points, victory); to gain (time); to work hard (at one's job); to labor
to finger; to touch; to make changes to; to tinker with; to dabble in; to do as a hobby
daikon (variety of large white Oriental radish, Raphanus sativus var. longipinnatus); bad actor; lousy actor; wooden actor
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
school hours; hours of teaching (instruction)
sparse; thin; scattered; straggling; sporadic
trot; half run; jog; girl in charge of menial tasks in a samurai family
to run; to dash; to gallop (on horseback); to canter; (arch.) to advance (against one's enemy); (arch.) to charge (on horseback)
eaves; narrow aisle surrounding the core of a temple building
to send (something) flying; to splatter; to drive (something) off
to sew; to stitch; to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)
reasonably; fairly; hurriedly; in a rush; approximately; about
build; physique; frame; constitution
to bow; to bow one's head; to apologize; to apologise; to bow to; to yield to
to leave; to go away; to pass; to elapse; to be distant; to send away; to drive off
deep, threatening voice; menacing tone
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
the aforementioned; the said; the usual; kudan; yōkai resembling a human-headed bovine, said to prophesize misfortune or bountiful harvest
body build; physique; frame
handsome man; looker; good guy; great guy; influential person (esp. in the yakuza); sumo wrestler
to look slightly doubtful; to look puzzled; (lit.) to bend one's head slightly to one side