chief financial official (Edo period); commissioner of finance; chief treasurer; chief accountant in a daimyo's service (Muromachi period)
estimate (of costs); budget
irregular; indeterminate; tramp (steamer)
application; request; petition
recognition; acknowledgement; acknowledgment; approval; consent; agreement
means of making contact; intermediary; go-between; connections; influence; pull
to rely on; to depend on; to count on; to turn to (for help)
shopping district; shopping street; downtown
president (of a society); chairman
to employ; to hire; to charter
grandfather (may be used after name as honorific); male senior-citizen (may be used after name as honorific)
granny; grandma; gran; old lady; old woman
earnings from a part-time job
(approximate) age; years; elderly; old; older (than); senior
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
personal expenses; pocket money; spending money; incidental expenses; allowance
cavity; hollow; void; hollow (voice, smile, etc.); blank (eyes, look, etc.); vacant (expression, stare, etc.)
restlessly; nervously; uneasily; in a fidget
once; one time; one round; one game; one bout; one heat
right under; directly below
to be unreasonable; to whine; to throw a tantrum
furthermore; besides; moreover; in addition; further; above or beyond this
oh; ho; exclamation of surprise, admiration, etc.; hoo (owl call); toot (sound of a flute)
round; circular; curved; smooth; harmonious; calm
place of residence; dwelling place
sticking to (an opinion, theory, belief, etc.); clinging to; adherence; persistence; insistence
what?!; what did you say?!; why?; what for?; anyone; anything
which reminds me ...; come to think of it ...; now that you mention it ...; on that subject ...; so, if you say ...
soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost
first meeting; first interview with
occupying; having (an area) all to oneself; military occupation; possession; capture
to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore somebody's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task
to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet
to set foot into; to enter; to step inside; to cross the threshold
to speak to; to give a (something) talk to; to speak words of (something)
opposite side; other side; over there; that way; the other party; the other person
which (of three or more); well; now; c'mon
head; lead; vanguard; first
rank (of troops); file; column; formation
to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms); to put together; to construct; to braid; to plait; to grapple
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it