licensed; chartered; officially allowed; legitimate
commission; proxy; power of attorney; authorization
translation; version (e.g. "English version")
shogunal vassal; direct retainer of a shogun
to have a family (e.g. wife or husband and children); to raise a family
commerce; trade; business
huge; vast; enormous; swelling; expansion
founder; originator; pioneer
great; grand; magnificent; outstanding; mighty
pioneer; trailblazer; leader; groundbreaker; pathfinder; forerunner
posterity; future life; life to come
holiness; sacredness; sanctity; dignity
to make someone realize (e.g. their mistake); to bring (something) home to someone; to teach someone a lesson
to manage; to arrange; to talk over; to dispose of
strict prohibition; ban; interdiction
world; society; people; the public
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
scholarship; scientific attainments
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
mess; spoiled; spoilt; (come to) nothing; ruin
essence; true nature; substance; reality
dangling heavily; swaying to and fro; strolling; rambling; idly; lazily
at the present time; as of now; at this time
to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house
when; how soon; how long until
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
shellfish; seashell; shell
when it comes to ...; concerning; where ... are concerned
school uniform for boys, often with stand-up collar, long jacket and loose trousers
circumstances; condition; to arrange; to manage; to lend money; to raise money