thirteen; 13; king (playing card)
nth generation; nth (person to occupy a position, e.g. president)
Saturday; earth; dirt; land; lands; earth (third of the five elements)
finance business; moneylending business
lighter; (small) cargo vessel
shipping industry; marine transport
businessman with political ties
purveyor (to the government or Imperial Household)
government service; the bureaucracy
shadow; silhouette; reflection; image; ominous sign; light (stars, moon)
book; volume; this; present; main; head
lineage; pedigree; family line
flag; banner (administrative division of Inner Mongolia)
shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
village headman (esp. in the Kanto region)
place; situation; position; location
Tokaido (Edo-period Edo-Kyoto highway)
important point; strategic position; key point
business district; shopping district; bustling street; shopping centre; shopping center; downtown
gambling; gaming; speculation; undertaking a risky venture; (arch.) professional gambler; (arch.) gamester
trade; buying and selling
position; location; base; point; site
to beg; to ask; to request; to invite
large amount of money; great cost
fixed date; settlement date
to hesitate; to hold back; to be reluctant; to be unwilling; to have loose painful bowel movement; to suffer from tenesmus
news (from someone); word; letter; tidings; contact
alone; unaided; away from home
to board; to embark on; to get into (a car); to march into; to enter
to be bloodcurdling; to be ghastly
story; topic (on everyone's lips); (the stuff of) legend
usurer; usury; loansharking
the reverse; other side; lining
risky; dangerous; suggestive; bordering on the obscene; (arch.) extreme; (arch.) harsh
to add; to add up; to increase; to gather (e.g. speed); to include; to count in
large number (of); many; majority
large; large-sized; large-scale; big
large warship of the Muromachi and early Edo periods