transactions; dealings; business
moneylending; moneylender
broker; employment agency
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
to prepare; to provide; to set up; to establish; to organize
to move; to move to a new location
shipping agent; boathouse; inn for sailors
to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)
to load (with goods, cargo); to put on board; to stow aboard
lattice; latticework; window bars; grid; grating
skillful penmanship; skilled calligrapher
clerk; office worker; office staff
recruitment; invitation; raising (funds, donations, etc.); collection; flotation (of shares, loans, etc.)
by means of; due to; because of; according to
manuscript; copy; draft; notes; contribution
method; process; manner; way; means; technique
to take measures; to work out a plan; to lecture; to read aloud; to confer
to reach; to get to; to arrive at
nature; property; disposition
to wear (sword, decoration, etc.); to carry; to be entrusted (e.g. with a mission); to take on; to have a trace of; to be tinged with
a kind; a sort; of sorts; something of a; sort of; somewhat
in and out; income and expenses; free associations; run of the house
account book; register; ledger
tedium; boredom; dullness; to feel bored; to get bored with; to get tired of
inquiry; enquiry; query; reference
enquiry; inquiry; query; interrogation; ENQ
abacus; soroban; calculation (esp. of profit and loss); reckoning
shame; embarrassment; disgrace
exposure to the sun; sunny place; per day
putting money aside; savings; deposit (e.g. in a bank); accumulated surplus of wins; wins in the bank
argument; dispute; controversy
to show signs of ...; to have the appearance of ...