shopkeeper; storekeeper; proprietor of a shop
to obey respectfully; to humble oneself; to sit straight (upright, respectfully, attentively)
order (for an item); request; demand; condition
to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
store interior; inside of a shop
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
employee (of a store); shop assistant; clerk; salesperson
trade; business; commerce; occupation; calling; profession
to profit; to get; to have (bear, beget) a child; to have a stroke of luck
popularity; public favor; condition (e.g. market); tone; character
poor (living); barely continuing; just scraping along; very narrow
to run (a business); to operate; to carry out; to perform; to hold (a Buddhist or Shinto ceremony)
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
authority; expert; counter for messages, letters, notes, documents, etc.; understanding (esp. of male-female relations); tact; supernatural powers
active duty; active service; student taking (university) entrance exams while still enrolled in school; student who passed their university entrance exams on the first try
complexion; one's colour; one's color; countenance; expression; one's face
to be suspicious of; to be doubtful of; to be dubious of
to rock; to shake; to swing
staringly; scrutinizing; scrutinising
to go back to the start; to reset; to restore; to return to the point (of a discussion); to return something (that has been moved) to previous place; to reconstitute
(feeling a chill or shiver) suddenly; (feeling) chilly; chillily; with a sudden sense of dread (or fear, etc.); (being) suddenly (afraid, frightened, etc.); suddenly (breaking out in a cold sweat)
spine; line of the backbone; seam down the back (of clothing)
intuition; instinct; insight; hunch; immediacy
Ise (former province located in the major part of present-day Mie Prefecture and parts of Aichi and Gifu prefectures); Ise (city)
to stare at; to gaze at; to look hard at; to watch intently; to fix one's eyes on
to make a speech; to address
it's been a long time; long time no see
How do you do?; I am glad to meet you
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
to indicate; to show; to point to
high class; high grade; high rank; seniority
common people; ordinary people; masses
corpulence; fatness; obesity
to call out to; to hail; to address; to appeal
to turn up; to make an appearance; to put in an appearance; to drop by
speaking by proxy; speaking for (someone else); payment by proxy; compensation by proxy; acting for (someone else); carrying out (on someone's behalf)
useless; futile; unnecessary; needless; not on business; unrelated