battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
victory; triumph; conquest; success; win
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
being very busy; busyness
to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to investigate thoroughly; to master
town; city; municipal; urban
restoration; restitution; rehabilitation
pouring one's energy into; focusing one's efforts on; concentrating on; committing oneself to
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
happiness; blessedness; luck; luckily; fortunately
for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of
Metropolis (of Tokyo); (Tokyo) Metropolitan District; counter for cities and towns; capital
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
to be broken; to break; to fall through; to come to nothing
each house; every house; many houses
absolutely every little bit; everything from A to Z; systematically; thoroughly; one after another
repair; mending; fixing; servicing
grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude
supermarket; subtitles; telop; superheterodyne; super
branch office; branch store
corner; section; one horn; narwhal (Monodon monoceros)
vacant house; unoccupied house
store; shop; establishment; restaurant
structural alteration (of a building); reconstruction; rebuilding; remodelling; remodeling
control; management (e.g. of a business)
management; administration; operation
to manage (all by oneself); to control; to run; to take charge of
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship
tribe; clan; (taxonomical) tribe; group (of the periodic table)
to entrust (e.g. a task) to another; to leave to; to passively leave to someone else's facilities; to leave to take its natural course; to continue (something) in a natural fashion (without particular aim); to rely fully on one's (full strength, great ability, long time taken) to get something done
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
wife (esp. one's own wife); court lady; female court attache; (arch.) woman (esp. as a love interest)
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
to be in high spirits; to be full of vigor (vigour); to be enthusiastic; to be eager; to stretch to breaking point
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
(being in) the black; surplus; black letter
far away; far off; nowhere near; far cry
business conditions; trade conditions; financial situation
to turn; to revolve; to visit several places; to function well; to pass a certain time
nature; natural; spontaneous; naturally; spontaneously