salt; common salt; hardship; toil; saltiness; cold
to sell; to betray; to sell out (one's friend, country, etc.); to make (oneself) known; to establish (a reputation) for oneself; to pick (a fight, quarrel, etc.)
to be profitable; to yield a profit
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
to chide; to rebuke; to reprove
thoughtless; reckless; ordinary; usual; excessive; indiscriminate
private affairs; personal matter
salt (e.g. sodium chloride, calcium sulfate, etc.); chloride
illicit sale; smuggling; bootlegging; trafficking
capital crime; crime resulting in a death penalty
outward appearance; ostensible; public; official
stealthily; secretly; in secret
to profit; to get; to have (bear, beget) a child; to have a stroke of luck
lots of; a ton of; a mountain of; piles of; heaps of; so many
monopoly; monopolization; exclusive sales rights
one's own convenience; one's way; surroundings; environment; convenience; ease of use; financial circumstances
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
to be subject to punishment; to be punished
secret; private; surreptitious
trade; buying and selling
to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued
(arch.) female slave; female servant; housemaid
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow
to be involved (in); to get involved (in); to relate to (a matter); to pertain to; to (seriously) affect; to concern
at this juncture; after all this time; at this stage; now
having no way of knowing; being completely ignorant of
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
beach; seashore; captured pieces; captured stones; Yokohama; (arch.) riverbank
traditional fishing master (provided equipment and sometimes lodging in exchange for labor); fishermen's boss; (arch.) center part of a fishing net
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
to employ; to hire; to take on; to charter (a car, boat, etc.); to hire
government; government service; the bureaucracy; government post; government official
to buy (of a government, public agency, etc. from a private citizen); to purchase; to buy up (all of something)
I; me; you; (arch.) manservant
very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
to carry; to transport; to come; to go; to use (a brush, chopsticks, etc.); to move
cattle (Bos taurus); cow; beef; Chinese "Ox" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
to be needed; to be necessary; to be required; to be wanted; to need; to want
to buy; to purchase; to value (highly); to think highly of; to incur (someone's anger, displeasure, etc.); to elicit (e.g. sneers)
to support; to maintain; to bring up; to raise; to adopt (a child); to cultivate (a habit, a quality, etc.)
store; reserve; stock; savings
old person; elderly person; trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay; senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate); important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)