to have the personal support of (an influential person); to be under the patronage of
strict; severe; stringent; rigorous; rigid; firm
document; letter; writing; contents (e.g. of a letter)
to exclude (somebody); to ignore; to keep in the dark; to leave out of the loop
palm tree (any tree of family Arecaceae)
to grow; to develop; to grow up
that year; same year; same age
fellow countryman; compatriot; person from the same province; person from said country
indigenous people; native people; aborigines
personal (employee); employed; retained
early summer; fourth month of the lunar calendar
light clothing; dressing light; light equipment; light armaments
town; city; municipal; urban
low-lying part of a city (usu. containing shops, factories, etc.); Shitamachi (low-lying area of eastern Tokyo near Tokyo Bay, incl. Asakusa, Shitaya, Kanda, Fukugawa, Honjo, Nihonbashi, Kyobashi and surrounds)
high street; town centre (center)
to stand in a row (e.g. shops on a street); to line in a row; to line; to be equal to; to be on a par with
Wu; region in China, south of the lower Yangtze; Wu; Southern Wu; Wu; Eastern Wu
townscape; street (of stores and houses); (look of) stores and houses on street
arousal; excitation; awakening; evocation
cloud of dust (sand, etc.)
to (keep in) mind; to give heed to; to pay attention to
maintenance; servicing; putting in place; establishment; development
street stall; stand; booth
shrewd; astute; cunning; alert
filthy; dirty (looking); drab
cart (esp. a food cart); stall; festival float; portable shrine dedicated to a god and shaped like a house; stage prop fashioned after a large building; framework (of a house, etc.)
repair; mending; fixing; servicing
accessories; small articles; minor character; small fry; weak one
daily income in cash; money paid by daily installments; money paid by daily instalments
one's appearance; clothing; costume; dress
galvanized sheet iron (galvanised)
crude; rough; plain; humble; shabby
variety of goods; number of articles
to set up shop; to open a store
in contrast to (one's, its) appearance