back street; back alley; slums
every corner; every nook and cranny; all the ins and outs
placid; composed; big hearted; broad-minded; great quantity (of something)
supreme ruler; conqueror; champion; winner; titleholder
idea; plan; fancy; impulse; thought; whim
to undo; to untie; to unfasten; to unlace; to unravel; to loosen
to go along; to walk along; to follow
funds; capital; material; basis; character; qualities
beginning of the year; the oldest person
official business; public business
treasure house; treasury; financial supporter; patron; financier
kan (obs. unit of weight, approx. 3.75 kg, 8.3 lb); kan (obs. unit of currency, equiv. to 1000 mon in the Edo period; col. 10 mon in the Meiji period); counter for pieces of sushi; 10 points; 12 points
releasing stored goods (esp. sake); delivery (of goods from a storehouse)
business; thing to be done; something that should be performed; information that should be conveyed
huge sum (esp. of money); enormous sum; massive amount
to tie up in a bundle (e.g. straw, hair, bills, letters); to bundle; to govern; to manage; to fold (one's arms); to put together (one's hands)
storehouse with thick (earthen) walls; godown
knot (in rope, etc.); bonds; arrest; rope impressions (on the surface of pottery)
how many years; how long; what year
economic; financial; economical; thrifty; frugal
one's every action; every single move
phantom; vision; illusion; extremely rare item
groundless fear; thinking too much; making too much of
improper; immodest; disgraceful; shameful; vulgar; low
stingy; cheap; very frugal
focus of one's attention; what one is looking for
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
ideal; perfect; most suitable; just right
largehearted; frank; unaffected
showy; loud; gay; flashy; gaudy
true character; real nature
stinginess; miserliness; parsimony
criticism; commentary; review
reality; actuality; practice (as opposed to theory); truly; really; bhutakoti (limit of reality)
willpower; guts; determination; character; nature; disposition
successively; one after another