certified tax accountant exam (examination); tax accountant exam (examination)
loan shark; high-interest consumer finance firm
to part from; to part company with; to split with; to break off relations with
relationships formed by wealth will end when the money ends; the relationship ends when the money runs out; the end of money is the end of love
acquisition of a qualification
misedashi; debut of an apprentice geisha; ceremony in which a shikomi becomes a maiko
to get together all the money necessary (to pay off a debt)
Japanese record; national record
one-hit wonder; flash in the pan; all-or-nothing gambler; one-shot speculator; slugger; home-run batter
jello; gelatin dessert; jelly
building lot; residential land
red line; red-light district (marked by a red line on police maps); non-legal public road (denoted by a red line on cadastral maps; sometimes no longer physically existing)
stage assistant dressed in black (in kabuki); stagehand; prompter; behind-the-scenes supporter; string-puller
(writing, painting) brush
wampee (Clausena lansium)
to favor; to favour; to show favor to; to show favour to; to be partial to; to be a regular customer of
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to fail to ...; to miss one's opportunity to ...
flight; escape; running away; flying high
erratic; offbeat; wild; extraordinary
to feel refreshed; to feel soothed
bank robbery; bank robber
domino (game); dominoes; domino effect
oversized (clothing); baggy; rolling in (of money); (profiting) greatly; sloshing (e.g. of water); gushing
sink or swim; all or nothing; hit or miss; make or break
fantastic; bizarre; incredible; unbelievable
by a strange coincidence; in an unexpected turn of events; by chance; by accident