huff!; yo-heave-ho!; heigh-ho; to butter up; to suck up to
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
in the company of; accompanied by ...; as a group comprising ...; likes of ...
to see (a doctor, etc.); to consult (someone)
beautiful woman; pretty girl; high-quality goods; special article
huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!
tsk tsk; oh-oh; huh; what's that?
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
dry provisions; dried food; dried goods; groceries
quotient; dealing; dealer; second degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Shang dynasty (China, approx. 1600-1046 BCE); Yin dynasty
trade; business; trading; turnover; sales; takings
closing up shop (for the day); stopping business; going out of business
home town; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains
enjoyable; fun; pleasant; happy; delightful
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
hijiki (dark edible seaweed usu. sold in dried black strips; Hizikia fusiformis)
kombu (usu. Saccharina japonica); konbu; kelp; any edible species from the family Laminariaceae
to deal with (a person); to treat; to deal with (a problem); to handle; to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to deal in
steady; firm; solid; secure
trade; business; commerce; occupation; calling; profession
serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
this and that; this or that; one thing or another; this way and that
to interrupt; to interfere; to meddle; to intrude; to butt in; to poke one's nose into
hateful; abominable; poor-looking; amazing; fantastic; admirable
to be mixed; to be blended with; to be combined; to associate with; to mingle with; to interest
cloth (for Japanese clothes); kimono fabrics; textile; silk fabrics
frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
to go by; to go past; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to go indoors; to go into a room; to penetrate
to learn; to acquire knowledge; to carry; to wear (clothes, etc.); to put on
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
to resign; to retire; to quit; to leave (one's job, etc.)
young master; young gentleman
fondness for women; woman admirer; lustful man; being attractive to women; being a lady-killer
to court; to woo; to approach defiantly
to offer (a suggestion, etc.); to propose (an idea, etc.); to approach with (a proposal, etc.)
to cut one's way through; to tide over; to struggle through; to get over
to cling to ... in tears; to beg ... in tears; to appeal; to throw oneself on someone's mercy