patronage; favour; favor; custom
vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy
continuous; continual; unceasing; incessant; without interruption
housewife; mistress (of the house); homemaker
shibori; tie-dye; aperture; aperture stop; contraction; squeezing
size; dimension; large and small (sizes); various sizes; daishō (matched pair of long and short swords); large and small drums; long months and short months
one (thing); one piece; one item
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
knowledge (of a skill, art, etc.); proficiency; essentials; know-how; preparedness; readiness
thriving (prosperous) business; rush of business
conclusion (of an argument, discussion, study, etc.); conclusion
to reach; to get to; to arrive at
prosperity; flourishing; thriving
off the mark; off base; misdirected; irrelevant
serious; not joking; straight; (arch.) cannot; (arch.) should not; (arch.) will not
to cram; to stuff; to jam; to squeeze; to pack; to crowd
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
having an ancient and honorable origin; of good lineage; of noble birth
to go upstream; to go up (a river); to go back (to the past or origin); to date back (to); to trace back (to)
the reason is ...; it is because ...
busy; having no time (for)
invention; intelligent; clever; smart
handwriting; handwritten; hand-drawn; hand-painted
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 clothes (suit, dress, etc.); one's only suit of clothes; one's best clothes; one's Sunday best
jacket; book jacket; dust cover; CD jacket; record jacket
best; extra-fine; exceptionally; extraordinarily; jumping and slashing (e.g. at an enemy)