loan; lending; favor; favour; creditor; method of lending
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
indicates position in a sequence; divisions of a kabuki performance
marriage proposal; marriage talks
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
graduation; completion (of a course); moving on (from); outgrowing (something); leaving (a group, company, etc.)
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
condition; term; requirement; qualification; prerequisite
stinginess; miserliness; parsimony
China; Han dynasty (China, 202 BCE-220 CE); Han (majority Chinese ethnic group); man
miser; cheapskate; skinflint
prickling; stinging; tingling
to hurt; to ache; to feel a pain; to be injured; to be spoiled (e.g. food); to be damaged
soft; tender; gentle; mild; informal; light
plump; chubby; voluptuous
to put on flesh; to get fat; to gain weight
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
maid; female servant; hostess (in a ryokan); waitress (in a traditional restaurant); (arch.) court lady
other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome
one sen; one-hundredth of a yen; small amount of money
freely; at liberty; at will; as one likes
market (financial, stock, domestic, etc.); marketplace; exchange; (street) market
ten; 10; ten years of age
paltry sum of money; small change; odd money; pittance; chicken feed
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
by myself; in person; by oneself
cheap; inexpensive; calm; peaceful; quiet
pilchard (esp. Japanese pilchard, Sardinops melanostictus); sardine
counter for small animals; counter for rolls of cloth (two han in size); (arch.) counter for horses; roll of cloth
one animal (small); (arch.) two-tan bolt of cloth
apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause