place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
antinomy; self-contradiction; either-or situation; choice between mutually exclusive alternatives
captive; prisoner; victim (of love, etc.); slave (to one's lust, etc.)
perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say
exhibitors (at a trade show, etc.)
to be placed on; to be set on; to be piled on; to appear (in print); to be mentioned; to be recorded
desperately; for one's dear life
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
work (film, book); production; creation; turning (something) out
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
business world; business circles; (the) industry
furnished with; including; attached to; impression; appearance; luck; sociality
to form; to shape; to make; to mold; to mould; to build up
principal occupation; main job; professional; an expert; I (of a government official, etc.); me
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
to take on; to undertake; to take over; to inherit; to guarantee; to vouch for
willingly; voluntarily; on one's own accord
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
companion; partner; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)
sales promotion; hard selling
remuneration; recompense; reward; toll
payment in advance; advance payment; prepayment
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
to begin; to set about; to start
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
libertine; playboy; rake; lazy person
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
eccentric; crank; oddball
to deepen; to heighten; to intensify
gathering place; labour camp for drifters, criminals, etc. (Edo period); entertainment hall (for rakugo, manzai, magic, music, etc.); vaudeville theater (theatre)
dwelling; house; residence; den; habitat
city centre (center) (esp. capital city); urban centre; heart of city a metropolis
to be separated; to be apart; to leave; to go away; to leave (a job, etc.); to quit
housing district; residential district
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
factory or industrial district or area