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every month; each month; monthly

3

calculation; computation; bill; check; consideration; allowance

2

tailor's (shop); dressmaker's shop; tailor; dressmaker

1

general store

1

payment

2

considerably; fairly; quite

13

(picture) frame; framed picture; amount (esp. of money); sum

7

mother

29

to cling to ... in tears; to beg ... in tears; to appeal; to throw oneself on someone's mercy

2

navel; belly button; protrusion or depression in the middle of an object; center; centre

1

secret savings; secret stash; money hidden away

1

lending (money); finance; loan; adaptability; versatility; flexibility

1

the country; countryside; outskirts; suburbs; presence; being in attendance

2

halfway-done; mediocre; uncertain; half-heartedly; insufficiently

1

(unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario); (lit.) 10000 to 1; (if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that

8

always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively

7

luxury; extravagance; to live in luxury; to indulge oneself; lavish (use of something); abundant

8

house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name

148

which (of three or more); well; now; c'mon

1

property; fortune; means; assets

1

even if; even though; even; too; whether ... or ...; no matter (what, where, who, etc.)

7

three sons; third son

1

older brother; elder brother

17

charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of

1

many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly

5

share; portion; quota; cut

1

(arch.) difference (from one another); (arch.) different thing; (arch.) other; unusual; extraordinary

11

approval; agreement; support; favour; favor

7

is not; am not; are not

38

stock; share; stump; (clump of) roots; plant with attached roots or stem; strain (of bacteria, etc.); stock company

2

to turn one's hand to; to reach out one's hand; to get involved in; to make a move on; to strike; to beat

1

to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)

2

type of cleromancy divination (described in the Book of Changes) performed with long sticks; The Book of Changes; Yijing; I Ching

5

good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial

37

character (of a person); personality; disposition; characteristics; nature (of a thing, event, etc.)

5

end; close; finish; noh dance in plain clothes

19

siblings; brothers and sisters; brothers; siblings-in-law; brothers-in-law; mate

3

to abandon; to give up on; to desert

2

to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment

6

to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up

19

to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan

6

anxiety; uneasiness; worry; apprehension; fear; insecurity

7

I told you so; you see that?

2

talking about (behind one's back); backbiting

1

to count on; to expect; to put confidence in; to trust in; to depend on

1

to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on

64

to learn; to acquire knowledge; to carry; to wear (clothes, etc.); to put on

2

from the beginning

3

income; receipts; revenue

3

to rely on; to depend on; to count on; to turn to (for help)

1