cook; chef; tap; spigot; cock (male fowl); cock (penis)
operation; management; handling; manipulating (to one's benefit); manipulation; influencing
manufacturing; craftsmanship; making New-Year's decorations; (arch.) preparing fields; (arch.) farming
to excel at; to be proficient at; to grow old; to ripen; to rise high (e.g. the sun)
idea; conception; way of thinking; approach; expression
to think out; to devise; to invent; to begin to think; to come up with a plan
patent; special permission; licence (license); proprietary
god; deity; incredible; fantastic; (arch.) Emperor (of Japan); (arch.) thunder
commerce; trade; business
sales; selling; marketing
through; throughout; through (the good offices of); by way of
original proposer; originator; proponent; initiator
direct selling; direct sales
temple; sacred place; shrine; sanctuary; tabernacle
to go in the direction of; to proceed toward; to become; to face (facts, circumstances, etc.); (arch.) to abide by; (arch.) to agree to
to be popular; to come into fashion; to be prevalent; to spread widely (e.g. disease); to flourish; to thrive
pushing by hand; hand gilding
board, plank or sheet shaped
woodworking; woodworker; carpenter
clanging; banging; throbbing (headache); pounding; fully; vigorously
high class; high grade; high rank; seniority
to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out
(printed) instructions; manual; explanatory leaflet (pamphlet, note); description
good times; boom; (wave of) prosperity
major recession; serious (economic) depression; Great Depression
business conditions; the market; good (economic) times; prosperity; liveliness; energy
to run a shop; to have a shop
left breast; left side of the chest
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that
temple elementary school (during the Edo period)