badness; evilness; bad; evil
to ascertain; to confirm; to verify; to make sure of
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
eternal; unlimited; endless
black; black go stone; guilt; guilty person
service business (hotel, restaurant, entertainment); service industry
to close (one's eyes); to shut
shopkeeper; storekeeper; proprietor of a shop
body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
false accusation; pretext; picking a quarrel; committing oneself
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
to take advantage of; to impose on; to make an entry (in an account book)
that's enough!; cut it out!; get a life!
liquor store; wine shop; bottle shop; sake dealer; liquor-store owner; brewer
poor (living); barely continuing; just scraping along; very narrow
business region; marketing area; commercial sphere; trading area; region in which a business operates
investment; contribution; financing
confidence; trust; faith; credit (finance)
what little ... one has; tiny amount of; paltry
putting money aside; savings; deposit (e.g. in a bank); accumulated surplus of wins; wins in the bank
to dust; to remove dust; to slap; to hit (with the palm); to use up money
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
resuming work after the New Year's vacation; first time that one works in the year
opening a new shop; opening a shop (for the day)
after that; afterwards; thereafter
to look down (on); to condescend (to)
condescending attitude; arrogant attitude; looking down on
kind; gentle; considerate; generous; friendly; nice
to assume the air of ...; to behave like ...; to put on airs; to be self-important
stubbornness; obstinacy; disposition; nature; appetite; desire
extra; more; unnecessary; needless; all the more; even more
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
household economy; family finances
allowance; remittance; sending (someone) an allowance
family business; family trade; one's occupation; one's trade
fiery chariot (which carries the souls of sinners into hell); desperate financial situation; dire straits
childish; child-like; innocent; naive
as it is; as one likes; because; condition; state
party (gathering, celebration, etc.); party (group, political, etc.)
matter (to discuss); item (on the agenda); issue; (court) case
to find resolution; to be settled; to be collected; to be assembled; to be well arranged; to be in order
drink; drinking; spigot; tap (in a cask, etc.); stock market bucketing; bookmaking