knowledge; understanding; rules; regulations; deputy; acting
thriving (prosperous) business; rush of business
to reach; to get to; to arrive at
prosperity; flourishing; thriving
off the mark; off base; misdirected; irrelevant
serious; not joking; straight
to cram; to stuff; to jam; to squeeze; to compress; to pack
one's post; place of work; workplace
purveyor (to the Imperial Household, etc.); company (or restaurant, place, etc.) that caters to or is popular with a specific clientele
serious look (on one's face); straight face
a family; a household; (one's own) style; school; gang; (yakuza) family
history; pedigree; lineage
(logical) true; regular; 10^40; ten thousand undecillion; original; positive
to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to
the reason is ...; it is because ...
busy; having no (free) time
invention; intelligent; clever; (arch.) making sense (of something); (arch.) understanding
handwriting; handwritten; hand-painted; hand-drawn
manuscript (book); written copy of a book; codex; transcription; copying
near oneself; close to one; familiar
amusement; entertainment; recreation; pleasure; pastime; hobby
nature (of a person); sex; gender; sex (i.e. sexual attraction, activity, etc.); gender; -ty
to publish a book; to put out a book
method of treatment; cure; remedy
to leave as is; to let alone; to disregard
means of making contact; intermediary; go-between; connections; influence; pull
one's (only) good suit (or kimono)
jacket; book jacket; dust cover; CD jacket; record jacket
best; extra-fine; exceptionally; extraordinarily; jumping and slashing (e.g. at an enemy)
to look toward; to have one's eyes drawn towards something
influential person; powerful person; big wheel; big gun; power behind the throne
fate; chance; relationship; tie
plants and animals; flora and fauna
completely (quitting, etc.); entirely; thoroughly; cleanly (cutting, snapping off, etc.); in a single blow
to cut down; to slay; to truncate; to round down; to omit; to discard
fragment; broken piece; chip; ounce (of truth, conscience, etc.); trace; shred
to express (orally); to put into words; to say out loud