to have the privilege of doing
merchant; store; shop; merchant house; merchant family
person's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
one's daughter and heiress
support; backing; aid; assistance
request; favor; favour; reliance; dependence; trust
to overcome (opposition); to push past; to force one's way; to press and cut
first generation; founder
royal prince; crown prince's younger brother
to deem acceptable; to approve of; to value; to consider a good thing
ability; capability; skill
far away; far off; far; long ago; long before
surplus; margin; leeway; composure; placidity; complacency
management; administration; operation
complaint; grumbling; objection; phrase; words; expression
to have an eye on; to zero in on
notification; official notice; directive (e.g. from higher to lower levels of the administration); being well versed (in); being proficient (in)
without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory
to cause someone to worry
way; method; means; resource; course
to run into; to rush into; to (run and) seek refuge in; to take shelter in
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
to bring (someone) back home; to take (someone) back home
with a complacent smile; with a smile of satisfaction
pretext; history; past; according to ...; ... says
to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)
to repeat; to do something over again
cannot be undone; can't be recovered from
anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly
standard; basis; principle
have to (verb); must (verb); is indispensable; absolutely necessary
hand-me-down; food offering to the gods; leftovers; trip from Kyoto to the provinces
to make (tea, coffee, etc.); to brew a beverage (with hot water)
to keep up (appearances); to smooth over (an error, etc.); to gloss over; to mend; to repair
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
quickly, suddenly (while one is watching); before one's eyes
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)