manufacturer (esp. a major company); producer; maker; device for making things; person who creates things
(being in) the black; surplus; black letter
settlement of accounts; closing accounts; financial results; reporting (of accounts)
Hokkaido (island, prefectural-level administrative unit)
Tochigi (city, prefecture)
manufacturing plant; production facility
north-east; Tōhoku (northernmost six prefectures of Honshu); Tohoku
Kanto; region consisting of Tokyo and surrounding prefectures; Kanto; north-eastern half of Japan (during the feudal era)
Osaka (city); (arch.) large hill
Kyūshū (southernmost of the four main islands of Japan)
head office; main office; main shrine; this company; this shrine
branch office; branch store
chief; main; principal; important
transactions; dealings; business
what is called; as it is called; the so-called; so to speak
jump; plunge; dive; appearing without an appointment; bursting in; arriving unannounced
Saitama prefecture (Kanto area)
to handle; to operate (a machine, etc.); to deal with (an issue); to manage; to treat (someone); to deal with (someone)
(within) the (Tokyo) metropolitan area
setting up a stall or booth (bazaar, festival); opening a branch office; opening a store
future prospects; promise
to take over; to hand over
finding employment; getting a job
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
opening a new shop; opening a shop (for the day)
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.)
to let go of; to release; to part with (e.g. a possession); to relinquish; to send away (e.g. one's child); to let go
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
accompanying; travelling together; traveling together; same bank
direct control; direct supervision
person in charge (of an area of work); person responsible; contact (person)
actually; in fact; as a matter of fact
methodical; precise; meticulous; wooden post that has been carved to have a rounded corner with grooves running along either side of it
imperial palace; shrine; Grand Empress Dowager; Empress Dowager; woman of imperial lineage who has borne a child; elderly woman of imperial lineage
transfer (trains, buses, etc.); change; switch (to another ideology, party, system, method, etc.); change; switching (stock); chromosomal crossover
empty seat; unoccupied seat; vacancy; vacant post
sometimes; at intervals; occasionally; on occasion; from time to time
to smell sweet; to be fragrant
to be fragrant; to give out a smell; to be enveloped in a smell; to be radiant; to be attractive
that is to say; so that means
originally; essentially; naturally; in the first place; to begin with
lewdness; lewd person; pervert; lecher