8000; eight thousand; many
sexennial; recurring every six years
long time; long interval; for quite some time
skillful; skilful; delicious; tasty; good (deal, idea, etc.); profitable
abacus; soroban; calculation (esp. of profit and loss); reckoning
to sell (well); to be well known; to be popular; to be famous
to fear; to doubt; to have misgivings about; to worry about; to be anxious about; to be apprehensive about
piece(s) of firewood (esp. chopped or split from logs); kindling (twigs, branches, etc.); firewood
way (of doing); manner; method
provincial dialect; rural dialect
irrespective of the occasion; indiscriminately
quite; utterly; (not) at all; completely; wholly; entirely
traditional ordering of the Japanese syllabary; fundamentals; the ABCs of ...
standing tree; standing timber
to get complicated; to grow worse; to turn sour
every year; yearly; annually
cash; ready money; money on hand; mercenary; self-interested; calculating
futures; credit (buying); stretching; total (preceding counter, unit, etc.); aggregate
gold (metal); gold (color); gold (medal); first place (prize); something of great value; something golden (e.g. silence); money
presentation (e.g. of a gift)
acquisition (esp. corporate); buy-out; takeover; bribery; buying off; corruption
quickly; calmly; intently
to aim at (with a weapon, etc.); to be after (something or someone); to have an eye on; to aim for; to set up as a goal
fundamental principles; main lines; outline; summary; general features
hot-blooded; hot-headed; temperamental; impulsive
chief clerk (in a shop, managing affairs on the owner's behalf); head clerk; store manager
to act as an intermediary
to run along; to run beside; to follow (a policy, plan, etc.); to act in accordance with; to meet (wishes, expectations, etc.); to satisfy
to project; to stick out; to stand out
dark; gloomy; overcast; heavy; leaden; dull
to project; to protrude; to pop out (e.g. eyes); to jump out; to rush out
middle-age; middle age; midlife; one's middle years
area; vicinity; side; edge; circumstances