shall ...; to assume; to suppose
water damage; flood disaster
sailing ship; sailing boat; sailing vessel
flight (e.g. airline flight); trip (e.g. train trip); mail; post; opportunity; chance
plainly; clearly; vividly
beginning of the year; early in the New Year
ten thousand years; eternity; perennial; perpetual
proximity; nearness; soon; nearby
warehouse; storehouse; cellar; magazine; granary; godown
expenditure; disbursement; expenses
good offices; auspices; sponsorship; village official (during the Edo period)
with a slap; with a pop; without batting an eyelid; generously; cutesy suffix applied to names
bidding price; price tendered
to be in the news; to be talked about; to become a popular topic of conversation; to become the talk of the town; to become topical
innumerable; countless; numberless
restoration; repair; mending
convenience; user-friendliness
to attract attention; to come into the limelight
absorption; giving undivided attention; devoting oneself (to)
to remain; to abide; to stay (in the one place); to be limited to; to be confined to; to only account for
root; origin; source; Ōmoto (religion)
to make (good) progress; to move right ahead (with the work); to advance
something small; something petty; trifle
being extremely busy; being swamped with work
town order (Edo period); order issued by a shogun or daimyo affecting a whole town, and passed on by town officials
edict; public announcement
making a bid; tendering a bid
procedure; process; proceedings; formalities
tough; hard; determined; strong-minded; strong (e.g. sunlight, alcohol); severe
to be embarrassed for a reply; to be at a loss for a reply
to seal (letter); to prevent; to forbid; to block
to get along (with someone); to be like-minded; to be congenial
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); -ing
plunking (down something heavy); flumping (into a chair)
sitting cross-legged (i.e. Indian style)