brush tip; first on a list; head; chief
Ōmi (former province located in present-day Shiga Prefecture)
Mikawa (former province located in the east of present-day Aichi Prefecture)
Sagami (former province located in present-day Kanagawa Prefecture)
Echizen (former province located in parts of present-day Fukui and Gifu prefectures)
to catch sight of; to see; to suppose; to assume from appearances
Tokaido (Edo-period Edo-Kyoto highway)
mountain road; mountain trail
generally; mainly; nearly all; almost all; gist; summary; staying within bounds
to be renewed; to change; to be improved; to be reformed; to stand on ceremony; to be formal
to dye; to colour; to color
New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
to set adrift; to let loose; to cut loose
common (of objects, abstract things); usual
to help a long-term employee to establish a branch of the same shop
ringworm (of the scalp); tinea capitis
head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top
period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years); apprenticeship; indentureship; indenture
to serve out one's apprenticeship; to serve out one's time
free service after one has finished one's apprenticeship
merit; success; meritorious deed; achievement; accumulated experience
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
setting up a stall or booth (bazaar, festival); opening a branch office; opening a store
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
head office; main office; main store; this store; our store
same; similar; (just) like; equal
to cheer up; to liven up; to become active; to look better; to improve (in appearance); to stand out
to suffer; to receive (kindness, rebuke, support); to sustain (damage)
not worth doing; waste of effort
morning; breakfast; (arch.) next morning
change; transition; vicissitudes
action film; action movie; action drama; riotous scene; fight scene
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
sale; selling; selling point; gimmick; seller; vendor
(regular) customer; client; patron; clientele
to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex; to go into; to put into; to do intently
one's wife; wife (of somebody below the speaker in rank)