doctor; PhD; exposition; fair; exhibition
chōnin (Edo-period social class of town-dwelling commoners, esp. landowning merchants); townspeople; townsfolk; tradespeople
official business; government business; public business; public use; government use
gun; wooden pole that wrestlers strike in practice; puffer fish
transactions; dealings; business
everyday; daily; ordinary; usual; routine; regular
to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter
friend; companion; comrade; accompaniment; companion (e.g. book); complement
to meet; to assemble; to gather; to encounter; to run into
often; again and again; frequently; repeatedly
low class; lowly (position); humble (condition)
adverse circumstances; adversity
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
study; scholarship; learning; discipline; branch of learning; (a) science
cultivation; refinement; culture; education
to live; to get along; to spend (time)
hour; o'clock; (specified) time; when ...; during ...
to collect information; to gather knowledge
habit; behavior; behaviour; trait
to furnish with; to equip with; to prepare for; to make preparations for; to possess (all that is needed); to be endowed with
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
to study (in depth); to learn; to take lessons in
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
ordinary; common; mediocre
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side
tray; family; household; O-Bon; Bon Festival; gambler's den
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
to find out; to discover; to select; to pick out; to look out (from the inside); to be wide-eyed (in surprise, anger, etc.)
one's own property; possessions
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
(arch.) to be; (arch.) to be (location); sum of money
piece; fragment; one (object)
wisdom; jnana (higher knowledge)
to collect; to assemble; to gather
absorption; suction; aspiration; attraction; draw
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
filtration; filtering; percolation
sometimes; occasionally; at times; seasonal; of the season; appropriate (for the season or occasion)