profit; gains; benefit; advantage; grace (of God, Buddha, etc.) (esp. as attained through rightful actions, prayer, adherence to one's faith, etc.); blessing
vast; huge; immense; malva nut (Sterculia lychnophora)
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
trade; business; commerce; occupation; calling; profession
to pick up; to find; to gather
small change; coins; small sum of money
sen (hundredth of a yen); coin made of non-precious materials; one-thousandth of a kan (as a unit of currency); (arch.) one-thousandth of a kan (as a unit of mass)
one sen; one-hundredth of a yen; small amount of money
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
trade; buying and selling; trafficking (e.g. of humans, arms, drugs); dealing
stock; share; stump; (clump of) roots; plant with attached roots or stem; strain (of bacteria, etc.); stock company
(car) dealer; (card) dealer; (foreign exchange) dealer
money order; draft; exchange (e.g. foreign)
to be useful; to be helpful; to serve the purpose
ten; 10; (arch.) book containing a collection of poems
(picture) frame; framed picture; amount (esp. of money); sum
to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to let live; to keep alive; to revive; to resuscitate
to push; to press; to apply pressure from above; to press down; to stamp (i.e. a passport); to apply a seal; to affix (e.g. gold leaf)
to take off; to jump; to take the plunge; to decide; to step out of the ring
trouble; hardship; difficulty; anxiety; worry; concern
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
to lose one's way; to get lost; to waver; to hesitate; to give into temptation; to lose control of oneself
wife; (arch.) my dear; (arch.) dear; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); embellishment
to look after; to take care (of); to favor; to gaze at; to stare at; to set one's eyes on
Ministry of Finance (1869-2001); Ministry of the Treasury (under the ritsuryo system)
working one's way through school; earning one's own school fees; studying under adversity; studying in harsh economic circumstances
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
one parent; single parent
coming out; going out; attending (work); appearing (on stage); start; beginning; origins
deserted village; poor village
poor; needy; lacking (quantity and quality-wise); poor; scanty
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
place; spot; field; discipline; occasion; situation; scene (of a play, movie, etc.)
national politics; political situation; statecraft; body politic
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
body; oneself; one's place; one's position; main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.)
I; me; personal (affairs, etc.); private; selfishness; partiality
to have a feeling (that); to have a sensation (that)
reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
father; dad; husband; you; he
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
to understand; to make out
surname; family name; hereditary title (used in ancient Japan to denote rank and political standing)