urgent business; pressing need; imperative
expert; learned person; doctor; PhD; instructor at the imperial court (ritsuryo period); pitch and length marks (to accompany a Buddhist liturgical chant, etc.)
story; tale; talk; discussion
in; at; on; as for; regarding; with regards to
divide into four pieces; one fourth
possession; occupation; occupancy
detailed knowledge; finely detailed
consideration; examination; investigation; study; scrutiny; discussion
manure; fertilizer; fertiliser; compost
treatment; service; handling; management
to adopt (method, proposal, etc.); to take (measure, course of action, etc.); to pick (e.g. flowers); to gather (e.g. mushrooms); to extract (e.g. juice); to take (e.g. a sample); to assume (an attitude)
seven tenths; seventy percent; seven hundreds; seven percent
other; another; over; more than; I; me
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
especially; above all; particularly; among other things
cloth (for Japanese clothes); kimono fabrics; textile; silk fabrics
monopoly; monopolization; exclusivity; hogging; keeping to oneself
small businessman; petty trader
dreadful; terrible; horrible; fearsome; formidable; awesome
like this; this sort; this way
possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely
third principle of the Eight Principles of Yong; downward stroke
lump (of flour, etc.); clump (of ground meat, etc.)
to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to coax; to wheedle; to soothe and humor (humour)
inferior goods; defective product; defective goods
to covet; to crave; to lust insatiably for; to indulge in; to devour greedily
if so; if it be so; in that case; then
assertion; declaration; affirmation
on the least pretext; at the drop of a hat
slight superiority (in knowledge, experience, ability, etc.); being slightly older
lead; leading; lead (of a newspaper, etc.); lede; lead (wire); lead (e.g. dog); leash
San'etsu (the three former provinces of Echizen, Etchū and Echigo)
use; adoption; acceptance; appointment; employment; engagement
to assemble everything together; to do something as a group
one by one; one after another; successively
to imitate; to follow; to emulate
quinquennial; recurring every five years
to go; to come; to be defeated; to collapse; to be annoyed; to be nonplussed
acquaintance; relation; affinity; reason
interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance
absurd; unreasonable; excessive; very; extremely; excessively
to tear; to rip; to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.); to breach; to defeat; to beat; to break (e.g. silence)