emigration; immigration; emigrant; immigrant
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
four arithmetic operations; basic arithmetic operations
cultivation; refinement; culture; education
future; possible; potential; prospective
newcomer; neophyte; novice; newbie
gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees
devising (a way); contriving; device; design; dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation)
tolerance level; permissible range; acceptable limits
well; properly; best regards; please remember me; just like ...; as though one were ...
to play a leading role; to play a central part
to entrust; to leave to a person
a person without a single relative
turns and twists; ups and downs; meandering; complications; vicissitudes
to run (a business); to operate; to carry out; to perform; to hold (a Buddhist or Shinto ceremony)
technical skill; ability; capacity
popular line (of products); best-selling line; hot sellers
hygiene; sanitation; health
to sell wholesale; to grate (e.g. vegetables); to cut up fish
inhabitant; resident; citizen; population
superior; first-class; excellent; (that's) just fine!; bring it on!
habit; (social) custom; practice; convention
prevention; precaution; protection against
tired; frazzled; tiresome; tiring; draining
calculation; reckoning; count; forecast
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
participation in a war; going to war; taking part in a competition or contest
stocking shelves; stock person; stocking person
cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing
opening a new shop; opening a shop (for the day)
account book; register; ledger
procedure; process; proceedings; formalities