merchant; trader; tradesman; dealer; shopkeeper
vagrancy; wandering; nomadism
citizen; resident; person; user (of a website, esp. as a collective, e.g. Twittersphere)
to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself as; to change radically; to metamorphose; to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)
spy; agent provocateur; covert operative; maker; builder; constructor
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); ingredient; leaven (bread); cause
to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt
to bud; to sprout; to germinate; to have luck on one's side; to get lucky
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
go that far; to that extent
time; hour; period; class
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
the same rank; equality; apposition
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
definite; final; decisive; conclusive
to get complicated; to grow worse; to turn sour
independence; self-reliance; independence (e.g. of a nation); freedom; separation; isolation
maintenance; preservation; improvement
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
handicraft; work; construction; maneuvering; manoeuvering
doesn't amount to doing (something); not significant enough to require (something); unnecessary
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
something or other; one thing or another; this or that
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
war; fighting; fierce competition
satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client
something like ...; something called ...
valuation; appraisal; evaluation; appreciation; recognition; acknowledgement
Chinese scholar-bureaucrat; Chinese scholar-official
support; backing; endorsement; support; holding up; propping
being disliked by everyone
to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)
be supposed or expected to (do); be sure to (do); ought to (do)
one (esp. of two); the other; on the one hand; on the other hand; whereas; although
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)
to attack; to assault; to assail
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
black; black go stone; guilt; guilty person