Kansai; region consisting of Osaka, Kobe, Kyoto and surrounding prefectures; Kansai; south-western half of Japan (during the feudal era)
stall-keeper (esp. at a festival); street vendor; huckster; faker; hawker; seller of unreliable merchandise
system; lineage; corollary; system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period); (taxonomical) series
merchant; store; shop; merchant house; merchant family
son and heir; son who will succeed one
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
together; at the same time; same; identical
splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK
always; constantly; frequently; often; nonstop
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be
sure; certain; reliable; trustworthy; If I'm not mistaken; If I remember correctly
family business; family trade; one's occupation; one's trade
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family
(some) more; even more; longer; further
stern; grim; rough; rugged; forbidding; overbearing
image (in one's mind); impression; (computer) image; depiction (e.g. of a product); rendition
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
after that; afterwards; thereafter
actor; actress; player; performer
and; or; and the like; and so forth; and what not
cartoon; comic; comic strip; manga
(fictional) character; character; personality; persona
Dragon Quest (game) (abbr)
monster; monstrosity; giant; influential figure; monsterlike; over-demanding
announcement; presentation; demonstration; displaying; showing; introducing
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who
to imitate; to copy; to mock; to trace; to forge
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
to say previously unspoken thoughts; to start saying; to court someone
promptly; immediately; quickly; indifferently
emergency staircase; emergency stairs
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
one's post; place of work; workplace
to face; to go towards; to head towards