to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
stale; hackneyed; cliched
to have no way of knowing; to be completely ignorant of
success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence
to memorize; to memorise; to recite from memory
just as (each) one likes; as (each) one pleases; as (each) one prefers; (each) in one's own way
correspondence; news; letter; tidings
to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with
bitter experience; misery; distress; grief; sad thoughts; hardship
captive; prisoner; victim (of love, etc.); slave (to one's lust, etc.)
lightweight fabric or clothing; silk gauze; thin silk; Latin (language)
Metropolis (of Tokyo); (Tokyo) Metropolitan District; counter for cities and towns; capital
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
to fall in love; to be in love; to be charmed with; to lose one's heart to
loved one; lover; sweetheart
he; she; that person; (arch.) you
to fill one's own pocket by taking advantage of a position
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to deep-fry
vast; huge; immense; malva nut (Sterculia lychnophora)
to lay in stock; to replenish stock; to procure; to learn; to find out; to take in
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
secret; private; surreptitious
purveyor (to the government or Imperial Household)
by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking
Asian ginseng (Panax ginseng)
source (of a river); fountainhead; source; origin; root
fortune; riches; goods; incorporated foundation
to covet; to crave; to lust insatiably for; to indulge in; to devour greedily
greed; cruelty; callous; (arch.) insistent; (arch.) insistence
long (time); longstanding; for a long time
to take over; to capture; to seize; to hijack (vehicle, account, etc.)
(game pieces, soldiers, etc.) under one's control
ignorant of the ways of the world
to demand gratitude; to do something for someone in order to create an obligation of gratitude from that person
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
concentricity; same mind; unanimity; policeman; constable in the Edo period
to devise; to arrange; to plan; to plot
it is not (like that) either
still more; to say nothing of; not to mention; still less