right or wrong; good or bad; quality; having both merits and demerits; having both advantages and disadvantages
mishearing; (feigned) deafness; homophonic translation of song lyrics for comic effect
next work (writer, composer, etc.)
lyric writer; lyricist; songwriter
mediation; good offices; influential person; person of influence; (arch.) eloquence; (arch.) eloquent person
Good heavens!; Oh my god!; gee whiz
nurse; (lit.) angel in white
black belt (judo, karate, etc.)
in a daze; absent-mindedly; dimly; hazily; with a roar (of flames); with a whoosh
bygones; the past; past event
Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum; ume; lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)
satisfactory; decent; good; proper; worthy
money to cover the cost of preparations or arrangements
handwork; handcraft; manual labor; manual labour; working with one's hands
engagement gift; (ceremonial) exchange of engagement gifts
abacus; soroban; calculation (esp. of profit and loss); reckoning
child from previous marriage; child of a former spouse; stepchild
to be stingy; to be tightfisted
public appeal (e.g. for contributions); public offering (of securities); public advertisement (of a post); open recruitment
death; rejection (of a manuscript, etc.); lacking; without
for heaven's sake (Pete's, mercy's, etc.); for pity's sake; oh stop; lay off
to make use of; to lend money
Chinese "Willow" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
mechanization; mechanisation; computerization
to have a taste for; to be fond of; to enjoy (in moderation); to be modest; to be prudent; to watch (e.g. one's behaviour)
to feel relieved of one's burden; to have a weight removed from one's mind
to spell; to write; to compose; to bind (e.g. documents); to patch
young man; youth; lad; servant boy; young shopboy
regular customer; valued client
what I want to say is ...; the fact of the matter is ...; none other than ...
somewhere to go; place to go
person that annoys or causes trouble; false alarm
boarding house; school dormitory
family a woman has married into