to be profitable; to yield a profit
why; oh; no!; quit it!; stop!
inquiry; enquiry; investigation; (police) interview; questioning (e.g. witness, suspect); hearing
sex life; sexual activities
one turn; spinning around; complete change; reversal; (an) about-face
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
(not) even once; (not) ever
companion; follower; attendant; retinue
success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence
marriage proposal; marriage talks
arbitration; conciliation; mediation
(major) mark; level; barrier; 100-yen unit (stock market)
before one's very eyes; under one's nose; imminence; close at hand
countryside; country; 50-home township (comprised of 2-3 neighbourhoods)
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration
variety of court dance (Nara period)
hindrance; obstacle; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour
innocent; naive; unsophisticated; birth-
body; physique; shape; form; substance; identity; field
quite; entirely; completely; as if; as though; just like
shyster; pettifogger; unscrupulous lawyer; crooked lawyer
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
to go to see (something, someone); to visit
rod; pole; neck (of a shamisen, etc.); shamisen; beam (i.e. the crossbar of a balance); single line (esp. as a flying formation for geese); penis
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
armpit; under one's arm; beside; close to; aside; to the side; off-track
anniversary of a person's death; monthly return of the date of someone's death
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
real nuisance; becoming inconvenienced by someone else's problems (through no fault of one's own)
interruption (e.g. of a conversation)
nasty; mean; heartless; inconsiderate; selfish
to bloom; to flower; to blossom; to open
quietly; softly; seriously; solemnly; sadly
to be affected; to put on airs; to act like (something one isn't); to pretend to be