expenses; expenditure; outgoings; outlays; costs
claim; demand; charge; application; request; billing (for a service)
owner (esp. of a business)
assistant; associate; duplicate; copy; adverb
steering (a boat); helmsman; steersman; guidance; leadership; leader
to quit one's job; to resign
equipment; fixtures; furnishings; fittings; furniture; supplies
maid cafe; cafe with waitresses dressed in cute maid costumes
game of make-believe; child's play; pretend play
luxury item; luxury goods
(plain) hot water; boiled water
opening a new shop; opening a shop (for the day)
to rank (as); to occupy (a position); to be located (in); to be situated
repeater; repeat customer; regular customer; person who does the same (negative) act repeatedly
(being in) the red; deficit; red letter; red writing; corrections (by a teacher or proofreader) written in red
(being in) the black; surplus; black letter
partly open; in half bloom
cold; frigid; dignified; distinguished; (of an atmosphere) tense; nerve-racking
casual income; extraordinary revenue; incidental income; nonrecurring income; perquisite
shop; store; establishment; restaurant
breaking up (a meeting, gathering, etc.); dispersal (e.g. of a crowd); dissolution (of a company, organization, etc.); winding-up; dissolution (of the Diet, Parliament, etc.)
when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)
family restaurant (i.e. a restaurant with varied and inexpensive menu options); casual dining restaurant
bungalow; one-story house
senility; senile decay; infirmity (through age)
structural alteration (of a building); reconstruction; rebuilding; remodelling; remodeling
fundraising; financing; cash flow
to show one's age (e.g. to start creaking at the joints); to wear out (e.g. machinery)
cause for concern; reasons for uneasiness
rival; competitor; competition
big; large; drastic; full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)