arriving at the present; present-day; to arrive at the present day
(corporate) bankruptcy; insolvency; commercial failure; failed business
collapse of bubble economy; economic bubble burst
to fold (clothes, umbrella); to close (a shop, business); to vacate
family business; family trade; one's occupation; one's trade
to hand over; to transfer; to give up (e.g. one's seat); to give way; to yield; to concede
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)
separately; apart; severally; individually
grandfather; male senior-citizen
sensitivity; susceptibility
distorted; crooked; oval; elliptical shape; round, wooden container for cooked rice; oval coin
awkward (movements, speech, etc.); jerky; stiff; strained (relations); sour
parent-child relationship
senior group member; leader among peers; (like) one's older brother; big brother
to go by; to cross; to pass by; to flash across
solid; robust; tight; taut; shrewd; calculating
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
to become excited; to be eager; to rouse oneself; to work oneself up
thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow
rich (in flavor, color, smell, etc.); thick; very likely; highly possible; passionate; hot
outbreak (e.g. of war); outburst; sudden occurrence
excess; surplus; superabundance; overabundance
hereabouts; around there; that area
to step aside; to move (i.e. out of the way); to make way; to resign; to retire; to quit
to enquire; to inquire; to seek information
threat; bird-scaring device (scarecrow, gun, etc.)
frightening; scary; (arch.) extreme; (arch.) exaggerated; (arch.) huge
forcibly; against one's will
effect; result; worth; Kai (former province located in present-day Yamanashi Prefecture)
mixed race; mixed parentage
profit; advantage; benefit; rebirth in paradise, entering nirvana
to impose (a tax, fine, etc.); to levy; to assign (a task, duty, etc.); to give; to set
alone; unaided; away from home
to speak distinctly; to speak clearly; to put it bluntly; to get to the point; to be frank
pinning technique (in wrestling or judo); underhanded dealings