(earning or paying) no interest
household; home; family; housekeeping
not less than; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; above-mentioned; aforementioned
application; subscription; entry (competition, raffle, etc.); enlistment
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory
(newspaper) carrier; newspaper (delivery) boy (girl); new
to amass; to accumulate; to store; to leave unpaid
to apply for; to make an application; to propose (marriage); to offer (mediation); to make an overture (of peace); to challenge
to be able to manage somehow or another
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
to find resolution; to be settled; to be collected; to be assembled; to be well arranged; to be in order
gold (Au); golden (color); valuable; of highest value; money; gold coin; Friday
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
memories; recollections; reminiscence
occasionally; once in a while; now and then; rarely; seldom
congratulation; congratulations; celebration; congratulatory gift; present
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
change of course; route change; direction change
to be forced to do or experience something (against one's will); to be forced to do something because one has no other choice
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
materials; data; document
mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but
Kansai; region consisting of Osaka, Kobe, Kyoto and surrounding prefectures; Kansai; south-western half of Japan (during the feudal era)
bookstore; bookshop; publisher; main building
in search of; in order to look for
which (of three or more); well; now; c'mon
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
abdomen; belly; womb; one's mind; one's real intentions; courage; nerve
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
to comb upwards; to brush up (a loose strand of hair); to turn up a lamp wick
to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of
after all is said and done; no matter what people say; in the end; definitely; undeniably
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
to cherish; to treasure; to prize; to take good care of; to look after