business rival; professional jealousy
buying; purchasing; laying in
to lay in stock; to replenish stock; to procure; to learn; to find out; to take in
oil cake (fertilizer made of oily vegetable dregs)
manure; fertilizer; fertiliser; compost
cheap article; poor quality article
stickiness; viscosity; tenacity; persistence
stencil dyeing produced with various shades of indigo
outsider; layman; amateur
wild; violent; rough-mannered; rough (e.g. work); crude; coarse
crumbling; collapse; ruin; has-been; wannabe
extortion; blackmail; shakedown; extortionist; blackmailer; racketeer
blackmail; extortion; racketeering; blackmailer; extortionist
connivance; tacit consent; toleration; acquiescence
to be nauseating; to be disgusting; to be revolting; to throw up; to vomit
shopkeeper; storekeeper; proprietor of a shop
straw bag; sack; bale; counter for sacks (of rice, potatoes, coal, etc.)
weeding out; elimination (e.g. of unneeded employees); culling; selection (e.g. natural selection)
moving (dwelling, office, etc.); changing residence
to break; to be broken; to be folded; to give in; to back down; to turn (a corner)
helmet (of a warrior); headpiece
neighboring village; neighbouring village
in the prefecture; prefectural
war situation; progress of a battle
abandonment; renunciation; resignation; abdication (responsibility, right)
visit (to a shrine, grave, etc.); worship
The End; Finis; completion; conclusion; providing fully
each locality; each place; each region
to get angry; to get mad; to tell someone off; to scold; to be angular; to be square
to be sad; to mourn for; to regret
moat; fosse; canal; ditch
menial; meanness; servility; abject
counting on the abacus; cost-benefit calculation; profit calculation
one end; an end; part; fragment
abacus; soroban; calculation (esp. of profit and loss); reckoning
though imperfect; somehow; somehow or other
to mutually recognize; to agree; to accept
wholesale store; wholesale dealer; wholesaler
middle palace guard (ritsuryo system)
cooperation; collaboration
pioneer; leader; taking the initiative; leading an attack; charging ahead of others (towards the enemy)
to handle; to manage; to deal with; to rear; to look after
to be on track; to be going to plan; to enter orbit