publisher; publishing house; publishing company
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
to crush (with one's hands); to kill a proposal; to shelve; to table (remove from consideration)
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance
family; relatives; dependents; household
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
one way or another; in many ways; in various ways
smelling burnt; smelling scorched; smelling of gunpowder (i.e. as if armed conflict is about to break out); tense; suspicious; dubious
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
it's not like; it isn't as if
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
government-paid secretary
seeing (or dropping) off, then later picking up or going to meet (the same person)
at that time; at that moment; then; on that occasion
potentiality; likelihood; possibility; availability
sympathy; compassion; pity
when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
shhh! (sound used when getting someone to shut up); shoo! (sound used to drive animals away)
popularity; public favor; condition (e.g. market); tone; character
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
ill-bred; vulgar; boorish
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
going in and out; entering and exiting; visiting regularly; frequenting; income and expenditure; incomings and outgoings; increase and decrease
customer traffic; customers; custom
to step aside; to move (i.e. out of the way); to make way; to resign; to retire; to quit
carpenter's square; instigation; suggestion
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
to plunder; to grab; to snatch
even if ...; even supposing that ...
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of