a series of paperbacks published since 1964 by Kodansha
starting to work in a shop; joining a shop as an employee; going inside a shop; opening up a shop (in a building, etc.)
list price; regular price; established price
if anything; conversely; putting it the other way around; coming at it from the opposite angle
shop; small store; business; firm
transactions; dealings; business
sudden rise to power; sudden rise in prosperity
world fair; international exposition
foreign; abroad; overseas
down-market; popular; mass-market
fair; exhibition; exposition
resemblance; similarity; likeness; analogy
showcase; display case; vitrine
San'etsu (the three former provinces of Echizen, Etchū and Echigo)
kimono fabrics shop; draper's shop
establishment (of a business); founding
kimono fabrics shop; draper
red earth (i.e. containing cinnabar or minium); vermilion
slope; incline; hill; milestone; (age) mark
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)
(arch.) the art of war; (arch.) martial arts; military force; the sword; valor; bravery
Osaka-Kobe; Hanshin (company name: railway, dept. store, baseball team, etc.)
railroad corporation; railway company
winnow; winnowing basket; winnowing fan
face; mug; surface; cheek meat; (arch.) cheek; (arch.) cheeks
electricity; (electric) light
company president; manager; director
Kobayashi Ichizou (1873.1.3-1957.1.25)
five and seven; 35th day after a person's death
mound; heap; hillock; burial mound; tomb; tumulus
creation; founding; initiating
to emboss; to print out; to print; to work out (e.g. policy); to hammer out; to strike (a drum indicating the end of a performance)