stand; stall; booth; kiosk; store
thatching a roof (with grass); thatched roof
abundant; plentiful; rich; ample
eggs; egg; (hen's) egg; (an expert) in the making; beginning; origin
recruitment; invitation; raising (funds, donations, etc.); collection; flotation (of shares, loans, etc.)
merchant; trader; expert (in a trade or profession); professional; woman working in the nightlife business (bar or nightclub hostess, geisha, etc.); demimondaine
heir; inheritor; successor
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
large number (of); many; majority
saucer; person (group, institution, etc.) to take over a position or matter; receptacle (e.g. of funds); receiver
to fail (in getting a job); to miss out (at fishing, hunting, etc.); to be left out; to be crowded out
to yield to temptation; to succumb
fixed number; certain number; given number; definite number
several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number
guidance; leadership; instruction; shido (disciplinary action for a minor infringement of the rules of judo)
accommodation facility (e.g. hotel); lodging facility; boarding house
lodging; inn; house; home; home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.)
silver hair; gray hair; grey hair
Edo-period unit of silver coinage; steel-blue eyes (e.g. of a cat); silver eye (species of beardfish, Polymixia japonica)
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
correspondence (to); equivalence; suitability; coordination; dealing with; coping with
just now; at this moment; at this point of time
to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach
while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily
to look down on; to condescend
to waste; to treat shabbily; to treat frivolously; to handle roughly; to treat without respect
equal; identical; the same; no different (to); just like; equivalent
hospitality; reception; treatment; (light) refreshment; entertaining with food and drink; treat
institution; establishment; facility; home (for elderly, orphans, etc.)
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
daily employment; hiring by the day; day laborer; day labourer
(living) from hand to mouth; living on the fringe of subsistence