returning from abroad; coming back to one's country (Japan)
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
opening a business; opening a practice
on the occasion of; at the time of
to provide with funds; to fund; to advance some capital; to furnish with funds
(regular) customer; client; patron; clientele
care; looking after; trouble; bother; good offices; recommendation
to add; to add up; to increase; to gather (e.g. speed); to include; to count in
relation; connection; affinity
favour; favor; favourite; favorite; patron; supporter
publicity; advertisement; advertising; propaganda
(arch.) like that; (arch.) as such; yeah; uh-huh
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
since then; from that time; ever since
one move (in go, shogi, etc.); only way; only means; doing alone; doing single-handed
advertisement; advertising; announcement; notice
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
origin; beginning; variable measure of fabric (28.8 cm in width); for kimonos: at least 10 m in length; tip; extremity
near; close; beside; third person
master and servant; lord and retainer; employer and employee
to get (become) acquainted; to get to know; to get (become) intimate with; to become friendly with; to become friends
rope; cord; line; grand champion's braided belt
training; education; stocking up; laying in; preparation (e.g. ingredients); girl studying to become a geisha
crevice; crack; spare moment; interval; chink (in one's armor, armour); unpreparedness
tactful; adroit; shrewd; clever; smart; affable
somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why
to go into; to come into; to penetrate; to become complicated
entirety; whole; balance (in Zen); equality
to wave; to shake; to sprinkle; to throw (dice); to cast (actor); to allocate (work); to turn down (somebody)
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
wife; bride; (one's) daughter-in-law
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
drying rice on a rack; rack for drying rice
row; line; company (of someone); group; sequence; counter for rows
to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal
master (of a house, shop, etc.); husband; sir; boss; patron of a mistress, geisha, bar or nightclub hostess; sugar daddy
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
right side; right-hand side
if that's the case ...; if so ...; that being the case ...
left side; left-hand side