lodging; inn; house; home; home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.)
trader; dealer; businessperson; fellow trader; people in the same trade
coming down from one's seat and prostrating oneself (to pay obeisance); musicians' box on the left side of the stage; lower seat
the six virtues (perfections) a Buddha elect practices to attain supreme enlightenment
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
to dedicate; to make an offering; to supply; to store; to finish; to bring to a close; to restore (something to its place)
Qin dynasty (of China; 221-207 BCE); Ch'in dynasty
visit (from abroad); introduction (from abroad); importation
private; non-governmental; non-official; folk; popular
citizen; resident; person; user (of a website, esp. as a collective, e.g. Twittersphere)
to trample underfoot; to tread on; to crush with a foot
to send; to forward; to hand over (e.g. money)
to carry out one's mission
Nanbokuchō period (of Japan; 1336-1392); period of the Northern and Southern courts; period of the Northern and Southern dynasties (of China; 5th-6th c.)
relief; aid; help; (religious) salvation; (Christian) grace
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
amateur's skill or performance
market (financial, stock, domestic, etc.); marketplace; exchange; (street) market
encroachment; erosion; corrosion
that's good; that's nice; like (on social media); is that clear?; OK?
unique thing; best on earth
porcelain (esp. soft-paste porcelain); china; chinaware; earthenware; pottery; ceramics
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
going in and out; entering and exiting; visiting regularly; frequenting; income and expenditure; incomings and outgoings; increase and decrease
formation; establishment; conclusion (e.g. of a deal); reaching (e.g. an agreement); being valid (of a theory, argument, etc.); holding
arm; skill; efforts; ability
to compete; to contend; to vie; to contest
stirring; rousing oneself
foundation; base; basis; from the beginning; from the outset; by nature
feudal system of the shogunate and domains
local specialty; special product (of a region)
farewell; adieu; goodbye; so long
messenger; envoy; emissary
heir; heiress; inheritor; successor
false accusation; pretext; picking a quarrel; committing oneself
to take a firm stand; to argue about
ball of flames; mass of flames; body covered with flames