child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young woman; young (animal); offshoot
to grow; to grow up; to be good at; to excel in
a little; a bit; a little while; a short time; a little way; a short distance
wealthy; rich; affluent; well-off
moneylending; moneylender
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
to return to where one came from; to return to one's parents' home (after a divorce or separation)
at that time; in those days
district; region; the country; countryside; civilian society
clerk; secretary; writing down; putting on record
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
second marriage; remarriage
to profit; to get; to have (bear, beget) a child; to have a stroke of luck
complicated; complex; intricate; confusing; difficult; troublesome
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
to play a leading role; to play a central part
in any case; at any rate; anyhow; anyway; as you know; for you see
town; block; street; road; chō (unit of length, approx. 109.09 m); chō (unit of land area, approx. 0.99 hectares)
snugly; neatly; compactly; cosily
head of a family; patriarch; matriarch
not less than ...; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; the above; the above-mentioned
wholly; solely; entirely; principally; mostly; chiefly
source of worry; source of distress
a family; a household; (one's own) style; school; gang; (yakuza) family
man; male; masculine gender
battle formation; camp; encampment; group; gang; war
each and every one of them; every last one of them; all a bunch of
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
originally; from the start; from the beginning; none the worse (for); (coming out) even; in the same position (as before)
ancestral; hereditary; handed down from generation to generation; for generations; from generation to generation
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place