to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)
company president; manager; director
red-light district; pleasure quarters; world of the geisha; demimonde
to stay on (e.g. at one's friends house); to remain in the same neighborhood
being dead drunk; drunken stupor
around there; near there; or thereabouts; or so; such a matter; such a thing
miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic
public matter; governmental matter; prince; duke; lord; sir
one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)
you; buddy; pal; monarch; ruler; sovereign
goes without saying; needless to say; obvious
loyal retainer; loyal subject
Kusunoki Masashige (1294-1336.7.4)
to care for someone; to look after someone
income; receipts; revenue
nonexistent; nil; none; nothing (at all); bugger-all
in a whisper; in a low voice; in undertones
haori (Japanese formal coat)
trot; half run; jog; girl in charge of menial tasks in a samurai family
(under) municipal management (transport, housing, etc.); city facility management
how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how
even; even if; even though; because of; on the grounds that
for no particular reason; for some reason or other; somehow or other
management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome
purse with a metal clasp; handbag (with clasp); pouch (with clasp); coin purse (with clasp)
in; on; at (place); as for; regarding
with a feeling of relief; with a sigh of relief; deeply (sigh)
life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life
to understand from experience
depending on; as soon as; immediately after; as (e.g. "as one is told", "as one wishes"); whatever (e.g. "whatever is at hand"); order; program
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
student preparing for or taking examinations (usu. entrance exams); test-taker
book for learners; study book
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
if only (you) have; as long as (you) have; whenever (you) have
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
just above; right overhead