change; modification; alteration; revision; amendment
probably; (most) likely; in all likelihood; I suspect; I dare say; I'm afraid
previously; already; beforehand; in advance; for some time
fiction; made-up story; fable; fabrication; myth
to go out and away; to leave
pluralizing suffix; or so; rough indicator of direction, location, amount, etc.; nominalizing suffix
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
occasion; time; circumstances; (in) case (of); when
term; period; time frame; time limit; deadline; cutoff (date)
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
written pledge; signed note of assurance; memorandum; legal instrument
provision (of money or goods); furnishing; conferral; payment; delivery; benefit
to receive; to get; to accept; to take (someone's words or behaviour); to interpret; to understand
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
debt collector; bill collector
confidence; trust; faith; credit
very careful; thoroughly prepared
plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme
beginning; outset; first; onset
one sen; one-hundredth of a yen; small amount of money
to that extent; to that degree; so much; so
to earn (income); to make (money); to score (points, victory); to gain (time); to work hard (at one's job); to labor
wedded life; married life
how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how
paltry sum of money; small change; odd money; pittance; chicken feed
method; way; manner; process; procedure; means
illegal; illicit; unlawful
to damage; to do harm; to disadvantage
composition; construction; formation; makeup; structure; organization
will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope
restitution; damages; indemnity; compensation
at that time; in those days
to build; to construct; to erect; to build up (a reputation, position, fortune, etc.); to establish (a relationship, household, tradition, etc.); to lay (a foundation)
property; fortune; assets
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
three; three years of age
that is to say; so that means
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
lots of; a ton of; a mountain of; piles of; heaps of; so many
deposits and savings; bank account
be (that) as it may; having said that