signboard; sign; draw; attraction; reputation (of a shop); name
the most; the extreme; prime; conspicuous
upper stratum (classes, stories, storeys); upper layer; layer above
major company; big company; front castle gate; force attacking the front of a castle
enterprise; business; company; corporation
billboard; large signboard; first-rate influential performer (theatre, film, etc.); leading star; draw
to rise (of a building, mountain, etc.); to tower; to soar
square measure; size (e.g. of land); area; surface
to stop up; to close up; to stand in the way; to obstruct; to occupy; to fill up
barbarian tribes surrounding ancient China
loose articles (not packaged with other things); bulk items; individual items; coins; small change
merchant; trader; tradesman; dealer; shopkeeper
device; equipment; machinery; apparatus
miscellany (classification of Japanese poetry unrelated to the seasons or to love)
shopkeeper; storekeeper; proprietor of a shop
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
-ish; -like; resembling; appearing to be; seeming to be
negotiations; discussions; connection
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
to compare; to make a comparison; to compete; to vie
to meet; to assemble; to congregate
position; location; base; point; site
one's circumstances or condition, esp. compared to that of another; coherence (e.g. of a conversation)
body; group; party; gang; troupe; troop
to pass (by) each other; to brush past; to miss (meeting) each other; to fail to meet; to be at odds; to clash
to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
disagreeableness; unpleasantness; nastiness; cutting remark; disagreeable remark; snide comment
tone (of voice); manner of talking
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
influence; effect; to influence; to affect; to have an influence on
lineage; stock; descent; strain; blood relationship
originally; by nature; from the start
outstanding; excellent; exceptional; preeminence; distinction; extraordinariness
lesson; class work; teaching; instruction
speed; velocity; pace; velocity
absorption; suction; attraction
skillful; skilful; adroit; clever; shrewd; ingenious
back-facing; backwards; backward-looking; retrogressive; reactionary