apprenticeship; probation; learning by observation; apprentice; trainee; probationer
please remember me; please help me; please treat me well; please do; please take care of
the Horse (seventh sign of the Chinese zodiac); hour of the Horse (around noon, 11am-1pm, or 12 noon-2pm); south; fifth month of the lunar calendar
no!; no no!; no, not at all
don't you think?; indicates question
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
the way one talks; one's way of speaking
relatives; one's family; friends; members of the same organization; followers; henchmen
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of
as if it were about oneself
feelings; thoughts; meaning
plate; dish; serving; helping; kanji radical 108 (at the bottom)
to wash; to cleanse; to inquire into; to investigate; to purify (one's heart); to lave (e.g. shore)
shift; move; (work) shift; work schedule; gearshift; changing gears
to be shut; to close; to be locked; to tighten; to be tightened; to become sober
business hours; opening hours; office hours
suspicious-looking; shady; questionable; dubious; fishy
to make a fresh start; to turn over a new leaf; to call again; to visit again; to come again
promptly; immediately; quickly; indifferently
to be unusual (of a person or of a thing); to be uncommon; to be peculiar; to be crazy; to be eccentric; to be different
moneylending; moneylender
to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out
loan; lending; favor; favour; creditor; method of lending
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
son (of others); boy; young master; green young man from a well-to-do family; young man innocent of the ways of the world
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
to tease; to make fun of; to poke fun at; to make a crack about; to chaff; to kid
around there; near there; or thereabouts; or so; such a matter; such a thing
last week; the week before
in history; ever; historical
teacher (to whom one owes a debt of gratitude); mentor; one's former teacher