wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
spine; line of the backbone; seam down the back (of clothing)
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
being in shape; holding a dignified appearance
Western-style clothes (cf. traditional Japanese clothes)
have to (verb); must (verb); is indispensable; absolutely necessary
legal wife; lawful wife; first wife (in polygamous relationship)
mistress; kept woman; concubine
frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
opportunity; occasion; (arch.) order; (arch.) sequence; (arch.) successor
to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture
purse with a metal clasp; handbag (with clasp); pouch (with clasp); coin purse (with clasp)
yen (Japanese monetary unit); circle
the best one can do; one's best effort; with all one's might; to the best of one's ability
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
(all) at once; at the same time; in one go; right away; in an instant
set; set meal; combo-meal; hairdo
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...
to be needed; to be wanted
to give up all thoughts of; to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind; to take a momentous decision
payment in advance; advance payment; prepayment
secret savings; secret stash; money hidden away
earnings from a part-time job
traveling expenses; travelling expenses; carfare
putting money aside; savings; deposit (e.g. in a bank); accumulated surplus of wins; wins in the bank
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
what's the matter?; what's wrong?
to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire
roughly; approximately; round about; cursorily; briefly; quickly
to weaken; to grow weak; to be downcast; to be dejected; to be troubled; to be at a loss
weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)
to weather (a storm, rough seas); to ride across; to get through (adversity); to weather; to load completely (e.g. books on a shelf, people or luggage in a car)
definitely; absolutely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness
paltry sum of money; small change; odd money; pittance; chicken feed
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
young lady of noble birth; princess (esp. in Western contexts, tales, etc.); girl; small; cute; (arch.) prostitute
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook