heart pounding; chest tightening
to be much obliged (to someone); to receive favor (favour); to be indebted; to be grateful
small fish; small fry; (a) nobody; small fry; unimportant person
business; task; use; purpose; for the use of ...; used for ...
second edition; additional printing
work (e.g. book, film, composition, etc.); opus; performance; production
cumulative total; accumulated total; total up to now
100,000,000; one hundred million
to receive favor (favour); to be much obliged to someone; to be indebted
storytelling (of war chronicles, revenge tales, etc.) with highly dramatic delivery; story
farewell; adieu; goodbye; so long
sweet (flavour); sweet (of alcohol); sweet (e.g. melody); pleasant (e.g. atmosphere); suite (of rooms); suite
perseverance; determination; tenacity; energy
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
service business (hotel, restaurant, entertainment); service industry
terrible luck; very bad luck
to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death
fortune slip (usu. bought at a shrine)
omen; sign of luck; origin; history; dependent arising; doctrine that everything has a cause and there is nothing that arises out of nothing
imperial capital (esp. Kyoto); final word of an iroha poem; 10^16; 10,000,000,000,000,000
humanities, social sciences, and fine arts; liberal arts
absolutely every little bit; everything from A to Z; systematically; thoroughly; one after another
crane (any bird of the family Gruidae, esp. the red-crowned crane, Grus japonensis)
recommendation; referral; endorsement
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light
school of one's (first, second) choice
I know, right?; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!; there we go
light; illumination; glow; lamp; light
staying up late; keeping late hours; sitting up late at night; nighthawk
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
heh-heh; hee-hee; ha ha; (arch.) female genitals; (arch.) vagina; (arch.) vulva
to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to
one's business; reading of scriptures before a (statue of) Buddha; bargain; discount; (arch.) money paid to a prostitute or geisha
beyond that point; after that
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
formal marriage interview