home town; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains
to meet fortuitously (e.g. running into an old friend); to meet by chance; to happen across
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
wild goose; glans; head of a penis
trade; business; commerce; occupation; calling; profession
to stand watch; to stand guard; to look out; to open (one's eyes) wide
to supply (goods, money, etc.); to cover (costs); to pay; to give board; to provide meals
to tease; to make fun of; to poke fun at; to make a crack about; to chaff; to kid
spare time; free time; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; quitting (one's job); firing someone
world; society; people; the public
sample; specimen; pattern; model; example
to spread; to propagate; to popularize; to broaden; to extend; to widen
to turn; to revolve; to visit several places; to function well; to pass a certain time
that day; the very same day
assessment; rating; grade; evaluation
literary fragment; interpreting (and using) a passage without regard to its context
to gather; to collect; to assemble
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
to stay at (e.g. hotel); to be docked; to be berthed; to be moored
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
decipherment; interpretation; making out; identification
won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you
that gentleman; that lady; he; she
to join (hands); to take (each other's hands); to scramble for; to struggle for; to pay attention to; to take notice of
finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
to show one's true colors (colours); to expose one's faults; to give oneself away
to take into one's possession; to receive; to take into one's care (e.g. person, pet); to take custody of; to leave; to go away
to outwit; to outsmart; to counterplot; to pierce something all the way through
koku; traditional unit of volume, approx. 180.4 litres; measure of a Japanese-style boat's loading capacity (approx. 278.26 liters)
wholesale store; wholesale dealer; wholesaler
stone; jewel; precious stone; flint (in a lighter); stone (in go); stone (in the bladder, kidney etc.); calculus
roll (e.g. of cloth); winding (e.g. watch); volume (of book); speeding up; heel (of a Japanese sandal)
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
(period of) a year; during an era
trade; business; trading; turnover; sales; takings
quantity; amount; volume; number; amount of money
arrangement; preparations; search (by police)