to gather; to collect; to assemble
giving lessons at pupils' homes; going to train in stable other than your own
tension; mental strain; nervousness
roughly; approximately; round about; cursorily; briefly; quickly
obi; kimono sash; paper wrapper on books, CDs, etc.; band; belt; cingulum
wisteria (esp. Japanese wisteria, Wisteria floribunda); wistaria
mountain stream; valley; dale; wetlands; swamp; marsh
unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)
arm; skill; efforts; ability
storeroom (attached to a house); Imperial warehouse
assistance; help; helper; babe; chick; broad
warehouse; storehouse; cellar; magazine; granary; godown
manager; steward; factotum; useful person
to summon; to call (e.g. phone); to convene; to invoke (e.g. subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)
shallow; superficial; slight (wound); light (sleep); short (time); early
good fortune; happiness; blessing; good luck
furnished with; including; attached to; impression; appearance; luck; sociality
to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to interpret; to understand
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
exceedingly; extremely; decisively
trifling; little; few; slight
moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet
income; receipts; revenue
monopoly; monopolization; exclusivity; hogging; keeping to oneself
birth; lineage; identity; background; provenance; origin
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)
indulging in every possible luxury
to provide with funds; to fund; to advance some capital; to furnish with funds
suspicious; dubious; unreliable; indecent; unseemly
to desire; to wish for; to expect; to see; to command (a view of)
doing in unison; doing together
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
financial difficulty; distress
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
ready wit; quick wits; resourcefulness; raising (money)
to row (a boat) to (a pier, shore, etc.); to reach (a goal after considerable effort); to arrive at; to (finally) manage to do
Kanda myoujin - shrine near Ochanomizu station, Tokyo
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago