premises search; household search
Patent Office; Patent Agency
financial statement; statement of accounts
additional finance; additional funding
to use as an intermediary; to worry; to mind; to care
Fukuzawa Yukichi (1834-1901)
joint surety; surety jointly and severally liable; co-maker; co-endorser; co-signer
vast; huge; immense; malva nut (Sterculia lychnophora)
secret accounts; unauthorized accounting; under-the-counter accounting
as much as possible; unbeatably; unsurpassably
unique thing; best on earth
financial institutions; banking facilities
beginning; start; civilization; civilisation; enlightenment
small factory in town; backstreet (small) workshop
shoe store; shoe shop; shoemaker
to grow wild; to run to waste; to become rough (of art, craft, etc.); to lose refinement; to intensify (of wind, rain, etc.); to become more severe
rental car; rent-a-car; hired auto; car rental agency; car hire agency; hire car agency
thank you for your continued patronage
dazzling; glaring; dazzlingly beautiful
excuse me for disturbing (interrupting) you; greeting used when entering someone's home
with a bump; with a clunk; yelp (e.g. of a fox); bark; howl
to spoil; to break; to go bad; to go wrong; to fail
millions; several million; a few million
hostess bar; bar with female companions for male customers
thirty-first day of the month; thirty-one days
moneylending; moneylender
to send (someone) back; to send (someone) home
previous engagement; prior contract
express home delivery service; express home delivery parcel (box, etc.)
going public (with a matter); becoming public knowledge; recourse to litigation; taking (a matter) to court
patent; special permission; licence (license); proprietary
reeking of liquor; smelling of alcohol
to bawl; to cry; to scream
bottomless; unlimited; immeasurable; inexhaustible
jealousy; roasted rice cake