economic; financial; economical; thrifty; frugal
poverty; need; destitution; having great difficulty with; struggling greatly with; being in distress
to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to investigate thoroughly; to master
debt; loan; liabilities; borrowing money
as (for); for; in the capacity of
brilliant; splendid; glorious; magnificent; spectacular
activity (esp. energetic); great efforts; conspicuous service; to flourish; to participate actively; to play an active role
income; receipts; revenue
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
deadlock; stalemate; impasse; dead end
established theory; accepted opinion; accepted explanation
study; research; investigation
family; members of a family
theory; doctrine; opinion; view; rumour; rumor
birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)
upper class; upper echelons of society; the rich and powerful; the elite
for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of
considerably; fairly; quite
to work too hard; to try too hard; to strain oneself; to overdo it; to go too far
in a manner of speaking; as it were; so to speak; if you like; per se
to be too numerous; to be too much
to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses
anyhow; at all events; in any case; either way; anyway
scoring combination of a 9 and a 1 in oicho-kabu
December; twelfth month of the lunar calendar
fifth day of the month; five days
request; commission; entrusting (with a matter); dependence; reliance
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
illness; disease; bad habit; weakness; fault
to die; to pass away; to enter the priesthood; to live a secluded life
grave marker; gravestone; headstone; writing on a headstone (name, date of death, etc.)
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
to bury; to inter; to entomb; to cover up; to hush up; to shelve
missing (of a person); lost; unaccounted for; whereabouts unknown
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
to dig; to excavate; to delve into; to dig up (e.g. vegetables); (for two men) to have anal sex