helpless; forlorn; hopeless; unpromising; lonely; discouraging
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
at first; at the outset; to begin with; as a first step
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
number; edition; sobriquet; pen-name; size (of printing types, canvases, knitting needles, etc.); suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc.
to join forces; to cooperate
to collect; to gather; to compile; to arrange; to settle
family; relatives; dependents; household
starting a business; promotion of enterprise
graduation; completion (of a course); moving on (from); outgrowing (something); leaving (a group, company, etc.)
saying something (to someone); greeting; approaching (someone)
not yet fixed; undecided; pending
debt; loan; liabilities; borrowing money
poor (living); barely continuing; just scraping along; very narrow
to be lit (e.g. candle, lamp, light bulb); to be lighted; to be burning
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
carpenter specializing in temple, shrine, etc. construction
grandfather; old man; kyogen mask used for the role of an old man
construction; architecture (of buildings)
engineering works; civil engineering; public works
well-informed person; walking dictionary; extensive knowledge
to draw (conclusion); to deduce; to derive
dismantling a (historic) building and reconstructing it elsewhere
former site (of something); site (e.g. of a demolished building)
apartment building; apartment block; apartment house; apartment
jumping to a wrong conclusion
to take on; to undertake; to take over; to inherit; to guarantee; to vouch for
exactly the same; exactly as is; without any change
northward; facing the north; nobleman's true wife
Honshū (largest of the four main islands of Japan); Honshu
completely; entirely; nonchalantly; as if nothing happened