little shop; small shop; my shop; low class whorehouse in Fujiwara (Edo period); low class brothel; passage formed under the eaves of houses after heavy snowfalls (Tōhoku region)
younger people; future generations
trade; business; commerce; occupation; calling; profession
to be of benefit; to be useful; to be good for you
study; scholarship; learning; discipline; branch of learning; (a) science
to make a success in life
to profit; to get; to have (bear, beget) a child; to have a stroke of luck
university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
lowborn; humble; vulgar; coarse; shabby; greedy
in that manner; like that
old-fashioned; behind the times; out-of-date; antiquated
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
if things go wrong; if the worst happens
to graduate from a university
not necessarily so; is not always true
to look away; to turn away
readiness; preparedness; resolution; resignation
to move (house); to change residence
where; which; anyway; anyhow; sooner or later; eventually
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
to take (seat, position, course, office, etc.); to assume; to ascend (the throne); to accede; to start (on a journey); to commence
generous; magnanimous; big-hearted; broad-minded; (lit.) big-bellied
to happen to hear; to overhear
to combine; to join; to tie on; to attach with a knot; to bind (e.g. an address)
vague; faint; dim; indistinct; hazy; blurry
merchant; trader; expert (in a trade or profession); professional; woman working in the nightlife business (bar or nightclub hostess, geisha, etc.); demimondaine
store; shop; establishment; restaurant
long-lasting; long-wearing; wears well; nagamochi; large oblong chest (for clothing, personal effects, etc.)
chest of drawers; bureau; cabinet; tansu; dresser
sword; dagger; knife; bayonet
kind; sort; type; similar example; parallel; the like
to drive away; to clear; to scatter; to disperse
to repeat; to be frequent
on the contrary; rather; all the more; instead