trying to think of a way (to); devising means (to); working out (how to do); contriving (to raise money); managing
in the end; after all is said and done; (lit.) when the striped mullet is fully grown
to herd; to drive; to corner; to force someone into doing; to go hard; to push yourself
ulterior motive; plot; scheme; complicated circumstances; intricacies
gaudy; showy; garish; crooked; vicious; wicked
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
we; us; I; me; my store (business, etc.)
ogre; demon; spirit of a deceased person; ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.); it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.); Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); very
yaksha (Buddhist guardian deities sometimes depicted as demonic warriors)
rakshasa; man-eating demon in Hinduism and Buddhism
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
that is to say; so that means
greed; avarice; covetousness; greedy person
living thing; living creature; animal; life
(some) more; even more; longer; further
feelings; emotion; compassion; sympathy; passion; affection
to go too far; to go to excess; to carry too far
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
world of suffering; life of prostitution
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
theory; reason; logic; (unreasonable) argument; strained logic; excuse
indicate reason; infers some protest
security for a loan; collateral
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
unreasonable; irrational; outrageous; absurd
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
easy; simple; there's no way that ...
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
good luck; fortune; happiness; harvest; yield
chief financial official (Edo period); commissioner of finance; chief treasurer; chief accountant in a daimyo's service (Muromachi period)
as you were; return to your original position!; er, rather
to visit; to call on; to arrive (season, time, situation, etc.); to come; (arch.) to make a sound; (arch.) to send a letter
accompanying; travelling together; traveling together; same bank