rich person; wealthy person; taking good care of things; keeping things for a long time and taking care of them
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
gradually; by degrees; little by little; step by step
to outwit; to outmanoeuvre; to steal a march on; to get the jump on; to anticipate; to forestall
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
men and women; man and woman; both sexes; both genders
to dress (oneself in); to attire oneself in; to adorn; to pretend; to feign; to affect
one's habitual practice; usual measure; old trick
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
foreign-made car; imported car; paddle wheel
shirt (undergarment); undershirt; singlet; shirt (outerwear; usu. with collar and buttons)
shape; form; appearance; state; situation; suitable
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
time; season; period; phase; stage
to wear extra clothes; to dress formally
to take off (clothes, shoes, etc.); to undress
please; somehow or other; one way or another
opposite side; other side; over there; that way; the other party; the other person
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
to bear a grudge against; to resent; to blame; to curse; to feel bitter towards
murder; homicide; manslaughter
in flagrante delicto arrest; arrest of somebody in the act of committing a crime
trivial; not amounting to much
aid; assistance; help; cheering; rooting (for); support
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
order; turn; sorting; obedient; docile; submissive
preparatory school (for entrance examinations); cram school; cramming school
life; living; I; me; student
small and medium-sized enterprises; small and medium-sized businesses
company president; manager; director
taking an examination (esp. school and university entrance)
ronin; masterless samurai; high school graduate waiting for another chance to enter university after having failed the yearly entrance examination; person out of work; jobless person; (arch.) wanderer
without permission; without notice
chief (of police); head (of office)
leadership; initiative; spearhead