trade; business; commerce; occupation; calling; profession
lately; recently; nowadays
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
to profit; to get; to have (bear, beget) a child; to have a stroke of luck
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
emperor (of Japan); mikado; (the gates of an) imperial residence
shogunal vassal; direct retainer of a shogun
custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example
to exert oneself and win; to gain (victory)
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
article; goods; fine thing; fellow; (arch.) prostitute; (arch.) price
to reach an agreement; to come to an understanding; to compromise (with); to get along well with
preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)
distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion
to borrow; to have a loan; to hire; to rent; to buy on credit
victory or defeat; match; contest; game
possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely
rental fee; rent; hire charge
in regard to; concerning (usu. of disputes)
warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period); samurai; (arch.) man in attendance (on a person of high standing); (arch.) retainer
chaperoning; monitoring someone's behaviour; watchdog; chaperone; watcher
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
now that; since; so long as; because
in a quarrel, both parties are to blame
perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say
seppuku; harakiri; ritual suicide by disembowelment; seppuku as a death penalty (where the convict is decapitated by a second as they make the motions to disembowel themself; Edo period)
an issue being settled; a case being closed
measurement; size; extent; plan; intention; arrangement
pity; sympathy; compassion; affection; love
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
in that manner; like that
even if; no matter (what); if; though; although; supposing
to arrive (at one's destination); to reach; to come to a head; to reach a conclusion; to culminate (in)
dying; death; dead; useless; damned
even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
be supposed or expected to (do); be sure to (do); ought to (do)
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement