merchant; trader; expert (in a trade or profession); professional; woman working in the nightlife business (bar or nightclub hostess, geisha, etc.); demimondaine
willpower; guts; determination; character; nature; disposition
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
flinchingly; falteringly; being overwhelmed; staggeringly; totteringly; unsteadily
(the) whole; as a whole; in general; at large
war; battle; match; game; competition
to be left without means of sustenance; to be turned adrift in the streets; to be rendered homeless; to be out in the cold; to be down and out
several hundred; hundreds (of)
thousands; several thousand
(period of) a year; during the era (of)
pay; salary; wages; allowance; grant; supply
guarantee; security; assurance; pledge
greedy; avaricious; rapacious; insatiable
to be eloquent; to have a way with words
to defeat (someone) in an argument; to argue (someone) down; to confute (someone); to refute (someone)
maritime transport; shipping
brewing (sake); distilling (e.g. whisky)
to maintain itself; to last; to make itself pay; to make a living; to keep going
pottery; earthenware; yakimono; flame-broiled food (esp. fish); tempered blade
stock-farming; livestock farming; cattle breeding
small build; small stature; petite; small pattern
muscular; lean (of a company's operations, etc.)
father; dad; papa; pa; pop; daddy
expresses a firm view or feeling; please ...; would you ...
manufactured goods; finished goods; product
capital; funds; seed money; asset
older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am
untalkative; quiet; taciturn; reticent; uncommunicative
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
child's face; childlike face; boyish face; baby face
to sell wholesale; to grate (e.g. vegetables); to cut up fish
price; cost; value; worth; value
price increase; rise in price; wage increase
to fly into a rage; to lose one's temper; to flare up; to break out
deferment (e.g. of savings); leaving (something) as it stands; unredeemed; unredeemable; irredeemable
grandfather; male senior-citizen
just; justifiable; right; due; proper; equitable
transactions; dealings; business