potentiality; likelihood; possibility; availability
about; concerning; as to; regarding
Taishō era (1912.7.30-1926.12.25); Taisho era
Shōwa era (1926.12.25-1989.1.7); reminiscent of the Shōwa era; Shōwa- nostalgic; old-fashioned
wealthy person; millionaire
a certain person; unnamed person; Mr. So-and-so; a certain someone who shall remain unnamed
8000; eight thousand; many
yen (Japanese monetary unit); circle
eight-tenths; casting someone out; type of baggy tobi trousers with the baggy part taking up eight-tenths of the full length of the trouser leg
negotiations; discussions; connection
cutting (cloth, paper); judgement; judgment; decision
place; room; margin; scope
considerably; not a little; in no small numbers
at once; immediately; right now
to collect (debts); to dun; to appoint; to promote; to emphasize; to focus on
to compare (something) to; to liken; to speak figuratively; to use a simile; to use a metaphor
for generations; hereditary; generation after generation
custom; practice; convention; precedent
to obey respectfully; to humble oneself; to sit straight (upright, respectfully, attentively)
to mix; to stir; to blend
money order; draft; exchange (e.g. foreign)
to deliver; to forward; to send; to report; to notify; to file notice (to the authorities)
obedience; submission; resignation
expenditure; disbursement; expenses
economy; economics; finance; (one's) finances; being economical; economy
directions; instructions; usage method
to join together; to sum up; to combine; to unite; to mix; to agree with
to take away; to carry away
dealing with (people, customers, complaints, etc.); receiving (callers, visitors, etc.); attending to; handling; serving
mound; heap; hillock; burial mound; tomb; tumulus
pupil; student; schoolchild
after school (at the end of the day)
adoration which is performed three times or repeatedly; act of worship which is performed three times or repeatedly
to invite; to show (someone) in
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
kind; courteous; intimate; (arch.) becoming intimate; (arch.) having an intimate relationship (sometimes esp. a homosexual relationship)
care-taking; house-sitting; house-watching; caretaker; house-sitter