molding; moulding; shaping; forming; modelling (i.e. plastic arts); modeling
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
craftsman; artisan; tradesman; worker; workman
arm; ability; skill; (physical) strength
handy; convenient; suitable; reasonable; moderate
near oneself; close to one; familiar
abacus; soroban; calculation (esp. of profit and loss); reckoning
presentation (of documents); submission (of an application, report, etc.); production (e.g. of evidence); introduction (e.g. of a bill); filing; turning in
material; materials; data; information; documents
mention (in a document); record; entry; statement; listing
class; order; et cetera; etc.; equal; iso-
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
to calculate; to compute; to deduce; to infer; to conclude
counter for (small) things or pieces; counter for military units; (an) individual; one person; counter for years (of age difference); counter for school-years
production output; number of goods manufactured
highly priced; expensive; valuable; costly
cost price; purchase price; cost; production cost; manufacturing cost; prime cost
difference; variation; difference
to crowd out; to push out; to start together; to set out en masse; to highlight; to draw attention to
(giving) birth; childbirth; native (of); product of; produced in; assets
principle; aim; purport; gist; instructions; orders
publicity; advertisement; advertising; propaganda
with a rustling sound; rippling (of a stream, etc.); murmuring; slurping down (ochazuke); quickly and easily (e.g. write a letter); with ease
to straighten up one's back (e.g. stand up straight, sit up straight); to hold one's head high
to marry (of a woman); to get married (to); to marry into (a family); (arch.) to have sexual intercourse
industry; (arch.) livelihood; (arch.) occupation
(outward) looks; features; face; countenance; expression
custom; convention; tradition; mores; conventional practice
custom; habit; customary practice
firmly rooted; deep-seated
merchant; trader; expert (in a trade or profession); professional; woman working in the nightlife business (bar or nightclub hostess, geisha, etc.); demimondaine
to look down on; to make light of
tendency; trend; inclination
to be better (than); to be superior; to surpass; to excel; to be excellent
meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up
financial page (of newspaper); financial aspects; economic front
cartoon; comic; comic strip; manga
to grant; to give; to confer; to teach; to instruct; to impart (knowledge)
what; what sort of thing; everything; anything; what (on earth)?; what's the meaning of this ...?
at (a time or place); in; in (a situation, matter, etc.); on (a point); on the part of; under the authority of
feeling keenly; fully realizing