preservation; conservation; storage; saving (e.g. to disk)
general; popular; common; typical
to sell (well); to be well known; to be popular; to be famous
profit; gains; benefit; advantage; grace (of God, Buddha, etc.) (esp. as attained through rightful actions, prayer, adherence to one's faith, etc.); blessing
market (for goods, services, etc.); outlet (for selling); opening
fixed; settled; constant; definite; uniform; regularized
to make up for; to compensate for; to indemnify; to recompense; to redeem (e.g. a fault); to atone for
sales; selling; marketing
to try; to attempt; to have a go (at something)
luxury grocery item (e.g. alcohol, coffee, tea, tobacco); indulgence; something consumed for taste or stimulant effect rather than nourishment
prizing; valuing highly; esteeming
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
economy; economics; finance; (one's) finances; being economical; economy
at first; at the outset; to begin with; as a first step
to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something
self-deprecation; self-derision; self-mockery; laughing at oneself
vice-chief; vice-director; assistant director; deputy manager
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
business practice; business method; commerce; commercial law
plan; device; idea; design; contrivance; conception
to stop; to quit; to put an end to
tolerable; passable; adequate; so-so
as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still
counter for (small) boats
with; by; because of; on account of; on (a day, date); at (a time); adds emphasis to preceding word
to make muddy (of a liquid); to make cloudy; to make turbid; to make ambiguous; to evade (e.g. the point); to be noncommittal about
musical instrument; music; accompaniment instruments used in kabuki (excluding the shamisen)
monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook
youth; child (esp. of the young son of someone of high social standing); young; new
to begin to dance; to break into a dance
worry; care; concern; ennui; boredom
edge; brink; verge; time; moment of
to hang; to suspend; to lower; to reduce; to demote; to move back
to be understood by each other (of thoughts, feelings, etc.); to be comprehended; to exchange with each other (thoughts, feelings, etc.); to express to each other (e.g. intentions); to communicate with each other
to reach one's ears; to come to one's knowledge; to hear about; to learn of (by chance)
to strike; to hit; to beat; to punch
to be flustered; to lose one's presence of mind
to prostrate oneself before
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only