quotient; dealing; dealer; second degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Shang dynasty (China, approx. 1600-1046 BCE); Yin dynasty
business; affairs; duties; work; procedure; task
counter; window; teller window; contact person; point of contact
sign (of things to come); good omen; good sign
article to be delivered; present
recruiting; job offer; job vacancy
dropping in on the way; stopping off at; making a side trip; going the long way round; making a detour
to beg; to ask; to request; to invite
look of amazement; looking dumbfounded
office work; clerical work; administration; business; affairs
debt; loan; liabilities; borrowing money
general (variety) store (shop)
declaration; proclamation; announcement
detergent; cleanser; cleaning agent; washing material
shaving; planing; cutting; shavings; flakes
in contrast to (one's, its) appearance
to load (with goods, cargo); to put on board; to stow aboard
with glugging (e.g. of liquid being poured, running down)
to lift up; to hold up; to give; to offer; to devote; to sacrifice
seeing one off; farewell; escort
Nihi (the two former provinces of Hizen and Higo)
appearance; air; condition; state; form
alias; pseudonym; pen name; nom de plume; different name; other name
superstition; acting superstitiously (for good luck)
minimum; (very) least; at least some (comfort, etc.); only (consolation, saving grace, etc.); sole
ceremony; rite; ritual; service
push boat; pusher craft; towboat
to have gooseflesh (e.g. from cold or horror)
home position; origin; usual place (for something)
burden; load; responsibility; bearing (a cost, responsibility, etc.); shouldering
accidental; incidental; occasional; casual
steered wheel (e.g. at the front of a car); steering wheel
constitution (physical); physical make-up; predisposition (to disease); character (of a group, organization, etc.); innate characteristics; make-up
on the way back; when about to go back
reward; recompense; tip; conveyance charge; packhorse charge
to choose (a thing) at one's own discretion; to use one's discretion in choosing