younger scholar; future reference
make-up; makeup; cosmetics
convenient; favorable; favourable; expedient; expedience
we are of equal status in this regard; we are in the same boat; the same to you; the feeling is mutual
stupid brat; son of a bitch
to get someone to say; to make someone say; to let someone say; to let someone speak out; to make a sound
abandoning (hope, plans); giving up
coffee shop; tearoom; coffee lounge; coffeehouse; cafe
to try and do something; to attempt to do something
10,000,000; ten million; extremely large number; myriad
dull (e.g. of movement or reaction); sluggish
gold (Au); golden (color); valuable; of highest value; money; gold coin; Friday
evaporation; disappearance (of people intentionally concealing their whereabouts); unexplained disappearance
joke; pun; jest; smartly dressed; stylish; fashion-conscious
to get away without consequences; to get off scot-free
all at once (usu. of payment); at one go
private affairs; personal matter
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
and; thereupon; because of that
chartered ship; chartering or hiring a vessel
one's manner (attitude) when losing; one's way of losing
someone (unspecified, but someone in particular); a certain person
one's specialty; one's forte; specialty of a kabuki school
going in and out; entering and exiting; visiting regularly; frequenting; income and expenditure; incomings and outgoings; increase and decrease
black and white; monochrome; good and evil; right and wrong; guilt and innocence
bag; sack; skin of an orange (and other like fruits); dead end; plot of land surrounded by water
like a part of the family
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
worst; horrible; horrid; in the worst case; if worst comes to worst
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
aloneness; loneliness; solitude
to lament; to grieve; to regret; to deplore
example; simile; metaphor; allegory
disqualification; elimination; incapacity; being unfit for one's role; being a failure
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
one's circumstances; environment; situation (in life)