great difference; big difference; wide margin
in short; in brief; to sum up; ultimately; in the end; in the long run
present age; present day; today; modern era; modern times
Middle Ages (in Japan esp. the Kamakura and Muromachi periods); medieval times; mediaeval times
class society; class-based society; hierarchical society
to go out of use; to become obsolete; to die out; to go out of fashion
management; administration; operation; running (business); conducting
to rise (suddenly) in the world (to a higher position)
starting a business; promotion of enterprise
capital; funds; seed money; asset
investment; contribution; financing
bank; banking institution
natural; intrinsic; from birth
the lower classes; the common people
seeming; pose; show; pretense; sham; mock
to partition; to divide; to direct; to manage; to settle accounts; to assume a crouching posture (at the start of a bout)
birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
citizenship; civic rights; civil rights; widespread acceptance; social recognition; common use
employee; worker; laborer (labourer); blue-collar worker
to slip out; to sneak away; to break into the lead; to get ahead; to begin to fall out (e.g. hair); to break out (of a loop)
to paw (at) the ground; to struggle (using one's arms and legs); to flounder; to struggle (to escape an adverse situation); to strive
to sit cross-legged; to rest on one's laurels
society; public; community; social studies
to be born (with); to be born (to be); to be destined
imitation; copy; make-believe; doing something in a way that only superficially resembles the real thing
blood relationship; blood relative
caller; visitor; company; guest
wishes of a deceased person; dying wish
spell (that restricts one's movements); binding spell
that road (path, street, way, etc.); that line (of business); that profession; love affairs; romance
pardon; forgiveness; exemption; permission
by nature; naturally; by birth; inborn
I have nothing to do with it
to go against; to fight against; to oppose; to resist; to deny
to stretch around (e.g. a fence, dragnet, etc.); to lay out (e.g. a wiring system, network, etc.); to string up (e.g. an antenna, ship's rigging, etc.)
many; a lot; much; multitude
ending; conclusion; join; union; knot; knotting