form; shape; figure; morph
future; possible; potential; prospective
method of earning; way of earning
to choose; to select; to pick (out)
on the way; as one goes; in the future; someday; eventually
high-class; high-grade; high-quality; high-ranking; high-level; senior
ryotei; traditional Japanese restaurant (esp. a luxurious one)
misunderstanding; mistaken idea; wrong guess
to sell; to betray; to sell out (one's friend, country, etc.); to make (oneself) known; to establish (a reputation) for oneself; to pick (a fight, quarrel, etc.)
to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to
prohibition; inhibition; ban
to play a leading role; to play a central part
liquor store; wine shop; bottle shop; sake dealer; liquor-store owner; brewer
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
alley; alleyway; path through a gate or garden; teahouse garden
to decline (in prosperity); to become deserted; to become desolate; to taper off (of a sound)
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone
scale; scope; plan; structure
entering a store; entering a restaurant; becoming an employee of a store; starting to work at a store; opening up a shop (in a department store, etc.)
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
introduction; presentation; referral; showcase (of a product)
shall ...; to assume; to suppose
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly; less and less
basics; fundamentals; basis; basically; fundamentally
huge; vast; enormous; swelling; expansion
profit; gains; benefit; advantage; grace (of God, Buddha, etc., esp. as attained through rightful actions, prayer, adherence to one's faith, etc.); blessing
concentration (on a task); focusing one's attention; concentration (of population, buildings, power, etc.); centralization; within a collection of works
clientele; customer stratum
to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort
gold (metal); gold (color); gold (medal); first place (prize); something of great value; something golden (e.g. silence); money
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat; home page (of a website)
layer; stratum; class; stratum; sheaf; counter for stories (of a building)
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
now that; since; so long as; because
that far; so far; to that extent; stop!; not one step further!
beginning; outset; first; onset
state; condition; situation; appearance; circumstances
especially; particularly; surely; clearly; as if; as though
store; shop; establishment; restaurant
cooperation; collaboration; association; community; communal use; common possession
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
at once; immediately; right now