to run a shop; to have a shop
to draw back; to leave (the area)
priority; preference; preferential right; right of way
food and drink; eating and drinking
choosing a site (e.g. for industry); deciding on a location; standpoint; position
equality; impartiality; evenness
main cause; primary factor
leaving; going home; quitting one's job; free time; leisure
black-dyed leather; leather dyed in deep indigo; edible mushroom in the Thelephoraceae family
of all people; a person of ...'s standing
private property; personal belongings; personal effects
audience; spectator; spectators
fascination; to charm; to fascinate; to mesmerize
entertainment (of guests; esp. in the corporate world); treating (to food and drinks); wining and dining
international; worldwide; cross-border; cosmopolitan
not at all inferior to; compare favorably (with); being even better than; rivalling; surpassing
confusion; complications; being gripped by strong feelings; fit (e.g. of anger); moment (e.g. of frustration)
one's body alone; having nothing except one's body; just oneself (with no belongings)
noble; lofty; high-minded; virtuous; upright
immediately; at once; instantly
bribe; sweetener; douceur
to drive in (e.g. nail, stake); to hammer in; to hit (a ball, etc.); to drive; to fire into (e.g. a crowd); to launch (e.g. missiles); to input (data)
even at the best of times; already; (even) under normal circumstances; in addition to; as it is
teahouse; (Edo period) rest stop; (geisha) teahouse; establishment where patrons are entertained by geisha; tea house (that sells tea); tea dealer
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship
to mow down; to scythe down; to knock someone off their feet
coarsely ground (e.g. coffee, grain); minced (e.g. meat)
(as for (that)) thing; (given (that)) thing; matter; (it is a ...) thing; matter; fact
it can't be helped; so it goes; c'est la vie
arabiki; arabiki sausage; coarsely ground sausage
two reams (of paper); 1000 sheets (of paper); stanza; verse; tribe (in taxonomy); forecast (bet); bet which predicts the top 2 finishers (i.e. quinella or perfecta bet)
spit; skewer; proxy (computer server)
greatly; very much; thanks a lot