tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber
great (i.e. great-grandson, great-grandmother)
Taishō period (1912-1926); Taisho period
announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known
impossible to do (although wants to)
sorry to bother you, but ...
simplified receipt with a blank line to be filled out with the customer's name (used specifically for claiming expenses); hand-written receipt
baron; Irish cobbler (variety of potato)
several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number
chrysanthemum (Chrysanthemum morifolium)
competition; rivalry; something worth doing
(hospital) nurse; registered nurse; RN
direction; orientation; suited to; suitable for; tendency; inclination
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
that kind of; that way; that move; that trick; that game
to have an acute sense of smell; to have a good nose (for bargains, something amiss, etc.); to have a keen nose; to have an ability to quickly uncover things
how long; how far; how much
direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)
Japanese mustard spinach (Brassica rapa var. perviridis)
chit; sales slip; voucher
kind; sort; type; similar example; parallel; the like
(one) matter; (one) item; (one) case
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
danger; peril; hazard; risk
to lure someone; to entice someone
cooperation; collaboration
tenacity; persistence; obsession; implacability
ordinary; average; run-of-the-mill
(cannot) possibly; (not) by any means; (not) at all; utterly; absolutely
even if; even though; even; too; whether ... or ...; no matter (what, where, who, etc.)
to be lacking in options; to be too few
to induce (somebody to do something); to tempt; to act toward (somebody in a certain way); to handle (men); to send; to forward to