to ascertain; to check; to make sure
limited stocks; limited lines; limited supplies
employee (of a store); shop assistant; clerk; salesperson
many; much; plenty; hardly
settlement; solution; resolution
remarkable ability; mastery; brilliant technique; go-getter; resourceful person; wizard
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
such; like that; that sort of; very
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
to move; to stir; to operate; to run; to make a move; to take action; to be touched
promotion; advancement; rising in rank
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
retirement age; (arch.) years of service in a military rank before eligibility for promotion
to let something (or somebody) go past; to do too much
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
scattered; disperse; loose; disconnected; in pieces; in drops
whereabouts; address; place of temporary residence
expresses a firm view or feeling; please ...; would you ...
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
business; task; use; purpose; for the use of ...; used for ...
useless; futile; unnecessary; needless; not on business; unrelated
even if not; even without
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
skillful; skilled; proficient; flattery
yes?; no?; isn't it?; is it?
between-meal snack; mid-afternoon (around 3 o'clock) snack; afternoon refreshment; afternoon tea
article for sale; goods for sale; offering; specialty; selling point
shelf; ledge; rack; trellis
craftsman; artisan; tradesman; worker; workman
to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake
incompetent; have no merit
August; eighth month of the lunar calendar
large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate
Edo (shogunate capital, now Tokyo); Yedo