greeting; greetings; speech (congratulatory or appreciative); address; reply; response; revenge
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
(medical) doctor; physician
slave trade; white-slave trade; human trafficking
work; business; company; study
acting as go-between; good offices
staringly; scrutinizing; scrutinising
piece; fragment; one (object)
commodity; article of commerce; goods; stock; merchandise
transactions; dealings; business
after all is said and done; no matter what people say; in the end; definitely; undeniably
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
discount; reduction; rebate; tenths discounted; tenths reduced
estimate; estimation; valuation; quotation
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
at least; at most; (even) just
elementary school (in Japan; 1886-1941); primary school
graduation; completion (of a course); moving on (from); outgrowing (something); leaving (a group, company, etc.)
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
dealing with (people, customers, complaints, etc.); receiving (callers, visitors, etc.); attending to; handling; serving
capital; funds; seed money; asset
credit; money owed on an account; bill; hot noodles in broth; proportion (of wholesale price, as tenths of list price); in the midst of; rest
bargaining; haggling; tactics; strategy
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
weak point; weakness; shortcoming; defect; flaw; sore spot
to take advantage of; to impose on; to make an entry (in an account book)
aizuchi; back-channeling; interjections indicating that one is paying attention; two smiths hammering at an object in turn
aizuchi; back-channeling; interjections indicating that one is paying attention; two smiths hammering at an object in turn
official copy of the family register
family tree; pedigree; genealogy
copy; duplicate; facsimile; transcript
to open (e.g. doors); to open (e.g. business, etc.); to be empty; to be vacant; to be available; to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.); to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.)
to add (one thing to another); to add (a few more words, an explanation, etc.)
if so; in that case; in that situation