why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
troublesome matter; burden; difficult task; chore; hassle
full stomach; bellyful; (eat) heartily; to one's heart's content
to be saved up (of money)
to make (someone) understand (a fault, mistake, etc.); to reason with; to advise; to try to persuade; to exhort; to admonish
to live under another's roof; to become a dependent on; to flatten oneself (against); to lean in close to
coming and going; keeping in touch; visiting each other; street traffic; highway
chief; main; principal; important
venting one's pent-up anger; venting one's frustration; letting off steam
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
to sell out; to sell widely; to sell on a large scale
advantage; benefit; profit; interest
sharp-eyed; keen-eyed; easily awakened
merchant; trader; tradesman; dealer; shopkeeper
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around
buying (of stock, materials, etc.); purchasing; stocking; laying in; procurement
reopening; resumption; restarting
this sort of; this type of
anyway; either way; one way or the other; whichever; whatever
inconvenience; inexpediency; unhandiness
getting tired of; getting sick of; getting bored with; getting fed up with
as was expected; just as one thought; sure enough; really; actually; ever
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
to try to do; to attempt to do
foreign; abroad; overseas
real intention; true motive; true meaning
will; volition; intention; intent; determination
to hide; to keep to oneself
looking for (a suitable thing or person); searching for; hunting out; picking out; shopping around for; searching (a place)
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
thousands; several thousand
around here; hereabouts; (around) this point; about now
making a killing; making easy money; robbery; robber
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
peace of mind; relief; (sense of) security; safety; assurance; confidence
to remove; to get rid of; to exclude; to except; to kill (a traitor, opponent, etc.)
journey; route of a journey
to replace; to convert; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute (person, staff member, player, etc.)
to repent; to regret; to be sorry; to rue
to see through (a lie, scheme, etc.); to see into (someone's mind); to read (someone's true feelings); to penetrate
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold