assistance in supporting a family
to take care; to mind; to be attentive
to change one's residence
gobang (game played on go board involving lining up stones); gomoku; Five in a Row
entertainment hall (for rakugo, manzai, magic, music, etc.); vaudeville theater (theatre); music hall; vaudeville theater manager; music hall proprietor
changing (one's job, loyalties, stance, etc.); switching over; changing quarters (geisha, prostitute, etc.)
steamed bun with minced pork filling
jingle (i.e. in a television commercial)
broker; intermediary; broking house
udon served in a pot with broth
hard (life); tough (world)
pseudonym used when calling in or writing to a radio program
black-market lending; illegal loan
to have more losses than wins
sending documents to a prosecutor; filing charges
deposit; earnest payment; earnest money
barrier-free; planning or design to facilitate accessibility for the elderly and disabled
to pull down; to automatically debit (from a bank account)
bread roll sandwich with croquette filling
Ardisia crenata; coralberry
Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum; ume; lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)
expenses; costly; expensive
to conspire; to act in collusion; to be hand-in-glove
secret savings; secret stash; money hidden away
Tsuyama, a region in the Okayama prefecture
person asking for advice; inquirer; consulter; consultor; counselee; querent (in tarot, astrology, etc.)
suicide by jumping (e.g. from a tall building)
person who avoids others; social outcast
sound of bubbles (or other small objects) being popped; lumpy sensation (e.g. of food); little bits; small grains