merchant; trader; tradesman; dealer; shopkeeper
shape; form; appearance; state; situation; suitable
to get on a horse; to mount a horse
canopy (esp. the cloth or canvas used for it); awning; top (of a convertible); helmet cape; cloth covering one's back to protect against arrows during battle
(horse-drawn) cart; wagon; dray
being obtrusive; being conspicuous (in a bad way)
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen
railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
(I) will; (I) shall; let's; (I) wonder (if); might it be (that); hey
older brother; elder brother; brother (as older-brother figure in friendly and or work relationship); young man; buddy
to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation
friendly; affable; amiable; sociable; loving company; (animals) taking kindly to men
young man; young woman; young people; youth; youngsters
to let the tension out of one's shoulders; to relax; to not take oneself too seriously
that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
500-man battalion (Zhou-dynasty Chinese army)
for (e.g. "she dances well for an eight-year old"); considering it's (something or someone)
dress; attire; clothing; getup; outfit; personal appearance
irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial
gofer; dogsbody; person who is made to do things or get things for someone else
to (happen to) see; to notice; to catch sight of
establishment; creation; posing (a problem); options setting; preference settings; configuration
prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante
first meeting; first interview with
getting information (esp. by interviewing witnesses, etc. in a police investigation)
to entrust (e.g. a task) to another; to leave to; to passively leave to someone else's facilities; to leave to take its natural course; to continue (something) in a natural fashion (without particular aim); to rely fully on one's (full strength, great ability, long time taken) to get something done
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since
striking (at something) and missing; swing and a miss; vain attempt
to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become skilled in; to become experienced at; to become tame; to become domesticated
ironclad rule; inviolable rule; invariable principle; iron law
to miss; to overlook; to let pass (a matter); to overlook (e.g. a wrongdoing); to pass up (e.g. an opportunity); to let (a good ball) go by
beyond expectations; beyond what one expected; not foreseen; exceeding assumptions
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
leisurely; slow; deliberate; easygoing
to pass (by) each other; to brush past; to miss (meeting) each other; to fail to meet; to be at odds; to clash
noisily (e.g. from many people talking); creating a commotion; rustling (leaves); feeling a chill; getting the chills
to fly about; to flutter about; to flit about; to fly past each other
to be uneasy; to be anxious; to fear