white; innocence; innocent person; blank space; white go stone; white dragon tile; skewered grilled pig intestine
system; lineage; corollary; system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period); (taxonomical) series
old; former; the old; old things; old times; bygone days
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
to dismantle; to demount; to take something away; to detach
China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country; main region; province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryo system)
merchant; trader; tradesman; dealer; shopkeeper
sale; selling; selling point; gimmick; seller; vendor
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
after making the rounds; after having passed through many hands; after going through many places; eventually
to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke
to have (e.g. lunch); to take (e.g. vitamins)
price; cost; value; worth; value
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
yen (Japanese monetary unit); circle
treasure; treasured item; prized possession
study; library; den; home office; reading room
safe; strongbox; cashbox; depository; cash office; treasury
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post); to be delivered
location (of something); whereabouts; hiding place
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to carry through; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)
to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to interpret; to understand
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); one's husband; (one's) employer; (one's) master; host
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
complexion; one's colour; one's color; countenance; expression; one's face
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
wife; Mrs; (arch.) wife of a nobleman (aristocrat, etc.); (arch.) consort of the emperor
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
(another's) daughter; young lady
employer's house; master's house
important matter; matter of great importance; serious affair; major incident; emergency
to make a great fuss; to raise a hue and cry; to make an uproar; to clamour
appearance; presence; attendance; surrender (e.g. to the police); turning oneself in
protection; safeguard; guardianship; preservation; conservation
to desire; to wish; to beg; to request; to have something done for oneself
denotes uncertainty; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; A and B and the like
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
to be needed; to be wanted