sales; selling; marketing
general merchant; Jack of all trades
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
closing up shop (for the day); stopping business; going out of business
vacant house; unoccupied house
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
shop; small store; business; firm
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); ingredient; leaven (bread); cause
farming implement; farm tools
to deal with (a person); to treat; to deal with (a problem); to handle; to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to deal in
shopkeeper; storekeeper; proprietor of a shop
strained back; slipped disk; lumbosacral strain
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
small quantity; little; little while; short distance
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
old; former; the old; old things; old times; bygone days
highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period); main road; highway (e.g. to success); path (to becoming ...); subdistrict (in China)
government service; the bureaucracy
road; path; way; set of practices; Buddhist teachings; Taoism; modern administrative region of Japan (Hokkaido)
trace; vestige; mark; sign; evidence
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
thereabouts; vicinity; that area; that situation; those circumstances
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
barrier; checkpoint; checking station
trace; tracks; site; remains; scar
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
already; now; no longer; not any more
dimension; perspective; point of reference; level (of something)
older sister; lass; young lady
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
good flavor; good flavour; delicacy; dainty
to be effective; to be fruitful; to be worthwhile; to be worth; to be rewarded; to pay off
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
just right (time, size, length, etc.)
heh heh heh; tee-hee; giggle
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
to be palatable; to suit one's taste