merchant; store; shop; merchant house; merchant family
connection; link; relationship
to deepen; to heighten; to intensify
public finance; financial affairs; financial situation
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
to think up; to think out; to knit (a pattern into a sweater, etc.); to start knitting
to be frank with you; to tell you the truth; I'm going to lay my cards on the table
lowborn; humble; vulgar; coarse; shabby; poor-looking
upstart; nouveau riche; new money; piece promoted to gold general
father; father (e.g. of a discipline); pioneer (e.g. of field of research); God; Father
business ability; business acumen
to be rich (in); to abound (in); to be abundant (in); to be rich; to be wealthy
(within a) territory; domains
suitable; appropriate; befitting; conjoining; association; samprayukta
to have; to possess; to own; to be endowed with
fortune; riches; goods; incorporated foundation
(cannot) possibly; (not) by any means; (not) at all; utterly; absolutely
nature (of a person); disposition; temperament; quality; inherent characteristic; property
bottom of one's heart; depths of one's mind; innermost thoughts; from the bottom of one's heart; wholeheartedly; truly
contempt; scorn; disdain; despising; looking down on; slighting
sanity; consciousness; soberness
once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone
to serve; to work for; to attend
modesty; humility; being humble
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
to marry (a woman); to take to wife; to take in marriage
gentlemen; men; the men's (sign on toilet, bathroom, etc. doors)
diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily
in any case; regardless; either way; since it makes no difference anyway (you might as well ...); since it won't change the outcome; if you are doing it regardless
wife; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); trimmings; accompaniment; side (remark)
just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)
private; confidential; informal; secret; (within the) family circle; (on the) inside
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
to twine around; to twist around; to coil around; to pester; to hassle
to freeze (to something); to be frozen (to); to freeze hard; to freeze completely
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
summoning; calling; riding; (high-quality) silk crepe (fabric)
generous; magnanimous; open-handed; liberal
plentifully; amply; loosely; with room to spare; a good (e.g. two weeks, ten kilometres); a full
preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
obliging person; person who likes looking after others
young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small
irrespective of the occasion; indiscriminately