opening a business; opening a practice
on business; for business; business purpose
western Japan (usu. Chūbu region and westward)
Japan's best; number one in Japan
quotient; dealing; dealer; second degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Shang dynasty (China, approx. 1600-1046 BCE); Yin dynasty
Metropolis (of Tokyo); (Tokyo) Metropolitan District; counter for cities and towns; capital
commerce; trade; business
to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death
operation (of a machine, etc.); operating; driving; working (capital, etc.)
weight; heavyweight boxer
most; highest; maximum; best; wonderful; finest
steamship; steamboat; steamer
movement; transfer; migration; mobile; moving; traveling
trip by boat; sea trip; voyage; cruise
land route; overland route; by land; overland
luggage; baggage; burden; payload (of a packet, cell, etc.)
vessel; ship; shipping; seacraft
being well versed (in); being well acquainted (with); being familiar (with); (a boy's) first ejaculation; spermarche; semenarche
small; small-sized; small-scale; miniature
making a round trip; going and returning; round-trip ticket; return ticket; correspondence; exchanging (letters)
going ahead; going first; preceding; coming before; scoring first; getting off to a lead
similar things turning up one after another; (lit.) bamboo shoots after rain
railroad corporation; railway company
company; association; regional Chinese god of the earth (or a village built in its honour); counter for companies, shrines, etc.
form (as opposed to substance); formality; method; system; format; mode
service; help; discount; discounted item; free service; freebie; service
an infinite variety of; multifarious; being extremely varied and wide-ranging
(some type of) enthusiast; somebody possessed of a (certain kind of) mental abnormality
boom; rage; fad; boom; cross-arm
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
to be negligent in doing something; to shirk; to be off one's guard
just like that; in the twinkling of an eye; in the blink of an eye; (lit.) in the time it takes to say "ah!"
car; automobile; vehicle; wheel
motorcycle; motorbike; bicycle