family business; family trade; one's occupation; one's trade
simple; plain; uncomplicated; straightforward; simple-minded; naive
to speak ill of; to disparage
local governor (Edo period); local magistrate; bailiff; deputy official (middle ages); acting administrator
to employ; to hire; to charter
splendid; fine; praiseworthy; creditable; legal; legitimate
to exchange; to swap; to barter; to replace; to substitute
practice; practising; experience
rank; place (e.g. first place); decimal place; counter for ghosts
one's house; one's home; one's family
to follow around; to shadow; to tag along; to haunt one (e.g. feeling, failure); to follow one
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
to tighten; to stiffen; to brace; to strain
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
strong point; merit; virtue; advantage
to push away; to thrust aside; to detach oneself from; to keep away from; to act coldly; to do without emotion
to join hands together; to join forces; to collaborate
ought to do; have to do; must do; feel obliged to
regrettable; vexing; upsetting; unthinkable; wholly unexpected
to the previous extent; as much as previously; as much as one used to
ignorance; innocence; stupidity
to surprise; to frighten; to create a stir
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
to crawl towards; to creep up to
to begin shooting; to shoot out
shooting; firing; emitting; ejection; projection; injection
reverse thrust; retrofiring; sudden mental derangement
moment; brief space of time
sometimes; at intervals; occasionally; on occasion; from time to time
breathing of a sleeping person
agile; nimble; casual (clothing); light (e.g. luggage); carefree; with limited responsibility
to step back; to move back; to withdraw (from the presence of a superior); to leave; to resign; to retire
hedgehog (any mammal of family Erinaceidae)
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
suddenly; abruptly; deliberately; slowly; gently
to see without obstruction; to see through; to forecast; to predict; to anticipate
plural; multiple; several