Chinese goods; imported goods; (arch.) secondhand goods; (arch.) old furniture
quotient; dealing; dealer; second degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Shang dynasty (China, approx. 1600-1046 BCE); Yin dynasty
Ming dynasty (China, 1368-1644)
transactions; dealings; business
sumi; India ink; squid ink; octopus ink; carpenter's inking string
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
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); proprietress; (arch.) entertaining someone as one's guest
benevolence (esp. as a virtue of Confucianism); consideration; human; kernel; nucleolus
order (for an item); request; demand; condition
tiger (Panthera tigris); drunkard; drunk; sot
hair; fur; wool; down; plumage
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
to follow; to come along with one; to accompany
to ignite; to set fire to; to spark (an incident, etc.); to inflame (a situation, etc.)
frame; framework; border; box; limit; restriction; category
axis; shaft; center; centre; stalk; stem
care; precaution; guarding; caution
damn; damn it; feces; excrement; damn; damned; very
to twist; to wrench; to puzzle over; to defeat easily
7 or 3 ratio; hair parted on one side
top and bottom; high and low; going up and down; rising and falling; going and coming back; upper and lower classes
to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex; to go into; to put into; to do intently
work; workmanship; craftsmanship; artifice; trick; device
pipe; tube; gun barrel; gun; cannon; well lining
to unravel; to untie; to break into small pieces (of fish, meat, etc.); to relax; to ease
thin Japanese paper (esp. vellum paper); Japanese tissue
small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive
letter (of alphabet); character; writing
the five elements (in Chinese philosophy: wood, fire, earth, metal and water); the five phases; five practices of the Bodhisattvas; the five pillars of Islam
to finish reading; to read through
to put back; to return; to vomit; to throw up; to recover (of a market price)
two (long cylindrical things)
to breathe out; to breathe; to tell (a lie); to use (foul language); to vomit; to throw up
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
bustling; busy; crowded; lively (party, voices, etc.); loud; noisy
to speak; to hear a voice
far away; far off; far; long ago; long before