to prevent; to take precautions
check; plaid; checking; monitoring; check (banking); cheque
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
to keep a watchful eye on
at any rate; anyhow; anyway; in any case; because
without compensation; without reward; without pay; free (of charge)
offer; tender; providing; sponsoring (a TV program)
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
to stick through; to force through; to spread throughout; to thoroughly diffuse; to make a path between two points; to proceed in a logical manner; to let pass
presentation; exhibit; suggest; citation
available; enabled; can be used; may be used
way to use something; treatment; management (of help)
every month; each month; monthly
first day of the month; (arch.) first ten days of the lunar month
to make a payment via bank deposit transfer; to discard another player's winning tile
100,000; hundred thousand
provision; supply; payment; allowance; grant
still; yet; more; still more; as ...; like ...
because of; on account of; regarding; per; apiece
yen (Japanese monetary unit); circle
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
to be noisy (e.g. from people talking); to be discomposed (e.g. feelings)
personal expenses; pocket money; spending money; incidental expenses; allowance
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
amount of money; sum of money
considerably; fairly; quite
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
to be surprised; to be astonished
(real) ability; true strength; merit; arms; force
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to do ... completely; to do ... entirely
valuation; appraisal; evaluation; appreciation; recognition; acknowledgement
reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
collection; recovery; withdrawal; retrieval
changing into cash; encashment; cashing
profit; advantage; benefit; rebirth in paradise, entering nirvana
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
supposing; even if; granting that; temporarily; provisionally; for the time being
have to (verb); must (verb); is indispensable; absolutely necessary