food; foodstuff; eating; appetite; meal; portion
to be frugal; to be sparing; to value; to hold dear; to regret (e.g. a loss); to feel sorry (for)
hectic; bewildering; bustling; dizzy
promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate
insect; bug; worm; roundworm; one's emotions; one's feelings; nervousness
to fall ill; to suffer from (e.g. a disease); to have something wrong with (e.g. an inner organ)
to fail in one's social duties
honest person; conscientious person
deeply religious; devout; godly; faithful
somehow; for some reason or other
parsimonious spirit; tendency to be frugal; inclination to scrimp and save; tendency to fuss over trivial things; worrier's disposition
good person; virtuous person
god of fortune; god of wealth
to ask after (someone's health); to visit; to attack; to strike; to meet with misfortune
night flight (without paying); skipping out by night; moonlight flit
to recollect; to remember; to reminisce; to imagine; to guess; to infer
to sell off; to sell completely
sharp sighted; easily awakened
friendship; friendly relations; connection; relation; intimacy
long-established shop; shop of long standing; old shop
law; act; method; mood; dharma; law
to take on; to undertake; to take over; to inherit; to guarantee; to vouch for
to flourish briefly (esp. before retiring or stopping); to have a day in the limelight; to have a stint of success
New Year's gift (usu. money given to a child by relatives and visitors)
strenuous exertion; spurt; splurge
livery; servant's clothes provided by employers
to gain a reliable foundation and be in a safe condition; to rest easy; (lit.) to board a large ship
New Year's Eve; end of the year
to do up (hair); to dress; to arrange; to tie; to bind; to fasten
on the wane (e.g. popularity of something); decline of one's fortunes
good fortune; happiness; blessing; good luck
gloomy; dismal; miserable; spirit of yin
rubbish; trash; garbage; worthless thing
to release; to sweep out; to clean out
business conditions; the market; good (economic) times; prosperity; liveliness; energy
December; twelfth month of the lunar calendar
twenty-sixth day of the month; twenty-six days