behind closed doors; behind-the-scenes; (under the veil of) secrecy
aquaculture; culture; cultivation; raising
urban area; urban district
merchant; trader; tradesman; dealer; shopkeeper
transactions; dealings; business
greedy; avaricious; rapacious; insatiable
epidemic; plague; pestilence
famine; crop failure; chronic shortage (e.g. of water)
pinch; crisis; tough spot; clothespin
to fall into (e.g. a hole); to fall into (chaos, depression, dilemma, illness, etc.); to fall into (a trap, etc.); to fall; to surrender
property; fortune; assets
release; emission; ejection
to rescue from; to help out of; to save
matter to be checked or investigated
older brother and younger sister
celebrated personage; big-wig; person in a high position
to be a quick worker; to be fast in forming relationships with women; to be quick to resort to violence
going in and out; entering and exiting; visiting regularly; frequenting; income and expenditure; incomings and outgoings; increase and decrease
one night; one evening; all night; overnight
power of recovery; ability to recuperate; resilience
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
Chomolungma (Mt. Everest)
that child; that kid; that boy; (arch.) you
outstanding; excellent; exceptional; preeminence; distinction; extraordinariness
one day; all day (long); throughout the day; first day of the month
at any cost; at any price; at any expense
one thin flat object; one sheet
holiday; day off; sleep; rest; Good night
to all appearances; no matter how you look at it
to deceive; to falsify; to dodge; to beg the question (issue, difficulties); to varnish over; to gloss over
zip fastener; zipper; zip; chuck (device for holding a workpiece in a lathe or a tool in a drill)
hands behind one's back; hands tied behind one's back; behind (e.g. someone); rear; appearance from behind
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to crouch; to squat; to cower
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
to carry off; to run away with; to sweep away; to take entirely for oneself; to monopolize
water's edge; beach; foreshore