transactions; dealings; business
substance; essence; entity; subject; content; reality
confidence; trust; faith; credit (finance)
trade; buying and selling
top and bottom; high and low; going up and down; rising and falling; going and coming back; upper and lower classes
stock; share; stump; (clump of) roots; plant with attached roots or stem; strain (of bacteria, etc.); stock company
wonderful; splendid; magnificent
repayment; refund; payback
promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate
pillow word; decorative word used prefixally in classical Japanese literature; preface; introduction
quiet (place); still; silent; inconspicuously; modestly; quietly
just now; at this moment; at this point of time
principle of living only for the moment
precise; accurate; appropriate; exactly the right
regrettable; unsatisfactory; deplorable; lamentable
price increase; rise in price
loss; damage; harm; disadvantage; handicap; drawback
swindler; fraudster; trickster; con man
regarding as important; attaching importance to; taking a serious view of; putting emphasis on
to move forward; to move on
profiting while others fight
to be able to do; to be capable of doing
useless; vain; aimless; idle
advance; moving forward; progress
dictionary; lexicon; (arch.) letter of resignation
retreat; falling back; recession; waning; backspace (key)
to jump from one thing to another
so; therefore; for that reason; if so; if that is the case; in that case
to jump up and down; to hop
to force (someone) to take part; to take along unwillingly
next; secondly; subsequently
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
timewasting; killing time
unthinkable; unimaginable; terrible; awful; (arch.) very
farce; charade; person who serves tea; short and humorous improvised sketch (originating from Edo-era kabuki)
to be handed down; to be introduced; to be transmitted; to be circulated; to go along; to walk along
spreading one's legs wide apart; straddle; long stride; big steps; thigh-scooping body drop
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river