top; summit; twelve o'clock (usu. midnight); top of one's head; top of a helmet
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
holiday house; vacation home; villa; prison; jail
to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke
to use up; to exhaust; to wear out
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
property; fortune; assets
company president; manager; director
to leak out (a secret); to be exposed (a lie, improper behaviour, etc.); to be found out; to get away (of fish)
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
bye-bye; good-bye; see you; saying goodbye; parting
rather; sooner; preferably
to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include
the whole company; the party; attendance (at a gathering); presence; banquet; dinner; troupe
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
ceiling; ceiling price; (price) ceiling
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
later; afterwards; future; after one's death; (arch.) descendant
whole life; a lifetime; all through life; (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life
through; throughout; through (the good offices of); by way of
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
script; libretto; scenario
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
the Tiger (third sign of the Chinese zodiac); hour of the Tiger (around 4am, 3-5am, or 4-6am); east-northeast; first month of the lunar calendar
to assume the air of ...; to behave like ...; to put on airs; to be self-important
The Golden Demon (Konjiki Yaksha) (1897 novel by Ozaki Koyo)