good time to buy; time to buy
sensible; perceptive; quick to understand; understanding; sympathetic
pulling up; drawing up; raising; increase; repatriation; evacuation
to make a lovely picture; to be perfect for a picture; picture-perfect; picturesque
fine product; masterpiece
sacred fire; sacred flame; Olympic flame; Olympic torch
predicament; one's ground; one's position
thank you for your continued patronage
to marry (a woman); to take to wife; to take in marriage
to capture; to seize; to plunder
western part of Japan (esp. Kyushu, but ranging as far east as Kinki); western nations (esp. India or Europe); thirty-three temples in the Kinki area containing statues of Kannon (Avalokitesvara); pilgrimage to the thirty-three temples sacred to Kannon
changing (one's job, loyalties, stance, etc.); switching over; changing quarters (geisha, prostitute, etc.)
care; looking after; trouble; bother; good offices; recommendation
about to start out; just about to leave or go out; outing; trip
love of drink; fondness for alcohol; person who likes to drink; drinker
to hurt; to injure; to harm; to damage; to worry; to bother
to accept a kind offer; to take someone up on their offer
money in one's possession
capital; funds; seed money; asset
to be stormy or choppy (sea); to go through hard times; to be broke; to be gloomy; to be glum
to win fame; to be widely-known; to be well known; to make a name for oneself
(raw) ore; unpolished gemstone
poisonous snake; poisonous serpent
to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)
leading; prominent; eminent; counting on one's fingers
departure from a port; leaving port; setting sail
roost; nest; pad; crib; one's home
to entrust; to leave to a person
embarking (a ship); embarkation; boarding; ship (carrying someone)
anchorage; anchoring; mooring
to come of age; to become an adult; to become fully qualified; to stand on one's own
relocation of the capital; transfer of the capital
to cross the ocean (i.e. to go to or come from overseas)