directly managed store (as opposed to a distributor)
monopoly; monopolization; exclusivity; hogging; keeping to oneself
sale; sales; selling; marketing
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
major company; big company; front castle gate; force attacking the front of a castle
far from; anything but; not at all ... but rather ...; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
low-lying part of a city (usu. containing shops, factories, etc.); Shitamachi (low-lying area of eastern Tokyo near Tokyo Bay, incl. Asakusa, Shitaya, Kanda, Fukugawa, Honjo, Nihonbashi, Kyobashi and surrounds)
person in the same line of business; people in the same trade; the trade; the profession
(distant) future; future existence; world beyond the grave; future (tense)
almost; nearly; for the most part; roughly; approximately; about
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
property; fortune; means; assets
origin; source; basis; base; cause; (raw) material; ingredient
market (financial, stock, domestic, etc.); marketplace; exchange; (street) market
establishment; founding; incorporation (of a business)
to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to call in; to send for
this is why; that is the reason why; it is the case that; so; thus; with that
to finish; to get through with; to graduate; to come to an end; to end; to finish doing ...
safekeeping; temporary custody; claim check; deposit receipt; matter left undecided; unresolved issue
purchase; buying; buying used articles as a company; trade-in; purchase on a no-return policy; lump-sum payment
return gift; return favour; revenge; change (in a cash transaction)
amulet or talisman issued by a Shinto shrine or Buddhist temple
publication (of a newspaper, magazine, book, etc.); issue; issue (of banknotes, bonds, passport, etc.); raising (an event)
commemoration; celebration; remembrance; memento; souvenir; keepsake
banknote; bill; note; paper money
nothing but; except; no more than
(all) through (e.g. the night); throughout (e.g. the year); within (e.g. the week); in the course of (e.g. today); all over; throughout (e.g. the world)
bank; banking institution
summer vacation; summer holiday
confidence; trust; faith; credit
creation; Creation (by God)
suitable; proper; appropriate; perfunctory; half-minded; sloppy
memory; recollection; remembrance; memory; storage
case; occasion; situation; circumstances
to differ; to be different; to disagree; to vary; to diverge
faint memory; vague memory; dim memory; vague recollection
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange