plating (chrome, gold, silver, etc.); coating; gilding; pretense; pretence; simulation
wooden signboard with a peaked top (usu. with information about a historical place)
to swipe; to filch; to pilfer; to snatch; to walk off with
money; coin; dough; moolah; brass
to have fortune come your way; to become lucky
with a clang; with a bang; with a crash
only recently; just recently; only yesterday
magnificent; grand; majestic; splendid
one's parents' home; one's origins; one's upbringing; one's past
able; capable; competent; able person; person of ability
to be right on target; to strike it rich
withdrawal (e.g. from an organization); secession; leaving; pulling out
borrower; debtor; tenant; lessee; renter
homelessness; homeless person; being removed from the family register (Edo period)
very rude; very insolent; extremely reprehensible; outrageous
arrangements; preparations
dripping with sweat; doing something by the sweat of one's brow
I'm sorry to have kept you waiting
to be jinxed; to suffer a stroke of bad luck; to suffer a setback; to have a damper put on one; to have cold water thrown on one
unpacking (esp. after moving house)
tenant (esp. in contrast to a landlord); renter
to lose one's energy; to be cowardly
goddamn idiot; moron; nitwit
to arrest; to capture; to seize
reducing the number of mouths one needs to feed (esp. by giving up children for adoption, apprenticeship, etc.)
courtesy call; courtesy visit