thief; burglar; robber; theft; burglary; robbery
association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why
cash; ready money; money on hand; mercenary; self-interested; calculating
dwelling; house; residence; living; life
inconvenient (residence); unpleasant (surroundings); difficult (to live in)
to accompany; to go hand in hand with; to be consequent upon; to be accompanied by; to bring with; to take with
gathering; meeting; assembly; collection; attendance
passing (a test, examination, etc.); pass (for admission, transport, etc.); ticket; pass (of a ball); (giving something a) pass; skipping (one's turn)
neighborhood; neighbourhood; street; block; town
market (financial, stock, domestic, etc.); marketplace; exchange; (street) market
going in and out; entering and exiting; visiting regularly; frequenting; income and expenditure; incomings and outgoings; increase and decrease
residence; estate; grounds; premises; mansion
every corner; every nook and cranny; all the ins and outs
not only ... but (also); as well as ...
continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; much (better, etc.); by far; far away; long ago
to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to
origin; source; history; originally; from the start; by nature
to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into
the shogunate period; the days of the shogunate regime
guardhouse (Edo-period city)
system; institution; organization; organisation
to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture
habit; (social) custom; practice; convention
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
the big two...; two major...; two main...
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
to persist in; to carry out; to have one's own way; to push through; to carry through
to be related; to be connected; to be joined together; to result in; to lead to; to bring about
to be completed; to be finished; to be ready (e.g. to serve or eat); to be very drunk
arbitration; intercession; mediation
tattoo (esp. a traditional Japanese one); tattooing
carving; engraving; sculpture; tattoo
getting free admission on the strength of one's name; being let in somewhere because one is recognized
to raise; to lift; to boost; to enhance
looks (esp. of a woman); features; ability; capability; (public) estimation (esp. of a man); credit
depending on; dependent on
popular use; circulation; to pass as; to pass for
size; large and small (sizes); various sizes; daishō (matched pair of long and short swords); large and small drums; long months and short months; sic bo (Macao dice game)