draft; draught; handprint; signed hand-print; permit (for passing a barrier checkpoint during the Edo period); pass
to strum (an instrument); to thrum; to pluck
to remain; to stay (somewhere)
to take (someone) to task; to tell off severely; to give a good talking-to; to scold
stern; grim; rough; rugged; forbidding; overbearing
one's daily milieu; neighbourhood; neighborhood; zone of life; sphere of life
diction; grammar; syntax; usage; wording
a certain someone; Mr So-and-so
son (of others); boy; young master; young man innocent of the ways of the world; man of pampered upbringing; greenhorn (from a well-off family)
because of; on account of; about; on; per; for every
to (seem) eager to; to want to; to be anxious to
security for a loan; collateral
circulation; dissemination
job; work; duties; trade; skill
departure (of a boat, plane); setting sail; leaving port; putting out to sea; takeoff
base (military, expedition, etc.); enthusiast; maniac; fanatic
dead center; (right in the) middle; midst; midst (e.g. of a storm); heyday; (the) height (e.g. of a debate)
very stormy weather (at sea); very poor catch of fish (due to stormy seas)
up and down, left and right; top and bottom, left and right
to dream of making a fortune at one stroke; to dream of getting rich quickly
to be fit (for a role); to be qualified (for); to be equal (to a task); to be able to fulfill one's duties (as)
to be profitable; to yield a profit
wife; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); trimmings; accompaniment; side (remark)
heavy labor; heavy labour; hard work; hard labor (in prison); hard labour
position; job; employment; opening
two parts; two copies; the second part
being adopted into the family of one's bride
bachelorhood; spinsterhood; celibacy; living apart from one's family; living alone; person who lives alone
mother's body (esp. when pregnant or after giving birth); parent body; parent organization; base
to feel that something is true or actually happening; to hit one (realization, thought); to sink in
as if (something untrue were actually true); like hell (e.g. "like hell I will")
inquiry; enquiry; question; searching; looking for
rough (estimate, outline, etc.); broad; general; generous; openhanded
statue; picture; picture revealing character
earless seal (Phocidae); true seal; seal
lightly and smoothly (of movements); swiftly; glidingly; (progressing) smoothly; (solving) easily
bright; intelligent; clever; smart