commerce; trade; business
thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow
opportunity; chance; folding; fold; small food box (wooden or cardboard); folding in ... (two, three, etc.); counter for folded items
garden; yard; courtyard; field (of action); area
land east of China; Japan
to break; to be broken; to be folded; to give in; to back down; to turn (a corner)
world; society; people; the public
to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort
to be taught; to learn; to take lessons in
to tie up; to tie together; to hang (oneself); to summarize; to put (it all) together; to estimate; to expect
earnestly; immediately; exactly
formal; orthodox; in earnest
(sense of) taste; counter for food, drink, medicine, etc.
exposed; scanty; bare; public; open
bleaching; bleached cotton; doxxing; doxing; public humiliation (as an Edo period punishment)
water wheel; water turbine; hydraulic turbine; (arch.) violent wielding of weapons
spinning (textiles); spun yarn
hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little
assistance; help; helper; babe; chick; broad
heave-ho; oops; yes; yeah
nearby (one's seat); (by) one's side; Dear (Mr./Mrs.)
windmill; wind turbine; pinwheel (toy); windmill (toy); Clematis patens (species of climbing plant)
Buddha's birthday festival (April 8th); Vesak
cut paper; paper cut in half; paper scrap; the art of cutting paper (in contrast to origami)
Japanese calligraphy paper (approx. 25cm by 35cm)
torii; Shinto shrine archway
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
three countries; Three Kingdoms (in China, 220 CE-280 CE); Three Kingdoms (in Korea, 57 BCE-668 CE); (arch.) Japan, China and India; (arch.) Japan, Korea and China
riches; wealth; resources; lottery
man (esp. one who is well-respected); samurai; person (in a certain profession, esp. licensed); member
scene; view; prospect; outlook
pain; anguish; distress; suffering; hardship
to conceal oneself; to hide; to endure; to bear; to stand