(historical) hereditary stipend
300; three hundred; 300 mon; trifling amount; shyster
counter for jewels in a watch; counter for transistors, diodes, etc. in an electronic product
shogunal vassal; direct retainer of a shogun
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
merchant; store; shop; merchant house; merchant family
husband; groom; (one's) son-in-law
lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
to remove; to take off; to drop (e.g. from a team); to remove (from a position); to leave (e.g. one's seat); to go away from
abacus; soroban; calculation (esp. of profit and loss); reckoning
to trade in (commercial goods); to deal in; to sell
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
unwillingly; grudgingly; shaking head in refusal (like a child); no!; no no!
Edo (shogunate capital, now Tokyo); Yedo
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
leading; prominent; eminent; counting on one's fingers
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
the world; society; sphere; circle; world-renowned; world-famous
to jump in; to leap in; to plunge into; to burst in; to barge in
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
favourable; favorable; doing well; OK; all right
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
store; shop; establishment; restaurant
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
great difference; major mistake
thin; slender; fine; unlucky
to make matters worse; besides; what's more; in addition; on top of that
collection; recovery; withdrawal; retrieval
accounts receivable; outstanding sales account
considerably; fairly; quite
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
nice-looking; seemingly fine; nice-sounding; polite-sounding; plausible (e.g. excuse); glib