good fortune; happiness; blessing; good luck
porcelain bowl; donburi; bowl of meat, fish, etc. served over rice
common fig (Ficus carica); fig; fig tree
cram school; private tutoring school; juku
suitable; appropriate; fitting; appropriately; accordingly; as required
with a clatter; with a rattle; empty; bare; raspy (voice); gravelly; with a gargle
closing; closure; shutdown; lockout
to order; to command; to appoint
it's OK to ...; it's best to ...; it's alright to ...
to rub; to chafe; to wear out; to become worn; to lose one's innocence; to become sly
to hurt; to injure; to harm; to damage; to worry; to bother
to push through (an idea)
business; affairs; duties; work; procedure; task
in the end; after all is said and done; (lit.) when the striped mullet is fully grown
waste of labor or energy; waste of labour; vain effort
waste of effort; thankless task
to get tired; to become exhausted; to become worn out; to become battered (from long use); to get tired of (doing); to get fed up with
sublime; noble; high-minded
altitude; height; elevation; high-degree; high-grade; advanced
to take up one's residence
bribe; sweetener; douceur
to go out to meet; to receive; to welcome; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to call for; to summon
different thing; another question; different case
will; resolution; kindness; goodwill; gift (as a token of gratitude)
millionaire; one's superior; one's elder; (arch.) virtuous and gentle person; (arch.) female owner of a whorehouse in a post town; (arch.) chief of a post town
from the beginning; from the first; all along; of course
to be utterly amazed; to be stunned; to be disgusted
having sticky fingers; compulsive thievery; habitual movement of one's hands; marks from being handled often
therapy; treatment; remedy; cure
to hypnotize; to hypnotise
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
divide into four pieces; one fourth
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful