major dealer; wealthy merchant
one's every action; every single move
to watch over; to watch attentively
travel; trip; journey; excursion; tour
on business; for business; business purpose
distinguished family; noted family; family status in the Imperial Court; master (of a craft); expert
marriage proposal; marriage talks
to find resolution; to be settled; to be collected; to be assembled; to be well arranged; to be in order
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
accompanying; being accompanied by; going with
at that very moment; at precisely that time; just when
half-moon; half a month; semicircle
almost every day; almost daily
tenacity; persistence; obsession; implacability
letter; missive; note; mail
to afflict; to torment; to harass; to molest
one's person; around one's person
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
devil; demon; Satan; the Devil; Māra; evil spirits or forces that hinder one's path to enlightenment
such; like that; that sort of; very
once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone
complaint; grumbling; objection; phrase; words; expression
handwriting; calligraphy specimen; example of penmanship; holograph
to write down; to record; to register
in accordance with; according to; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
gradually; day by day; every day; each day
at first; initially; in the beginning
mischief; prank; pastime; hobby; playing with (a lighter, etc.); fooling around with
to repeat; to be frequent
finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
to determine (esp. a culprit or underlying cause); to pin down; to ascertain; (arch.) to stab to death
to write down; to note; to jot down; to remember
postmark; (postal) cancellation mark
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...