fragment; scrap; piece; shred
to burn into one's memory; to sear an image
to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death); to bequeath
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
to crush to death; to press to death; to squeeze to death; to suppress (a laugh, one's anger, etc.); to stifle; to subdue (one's voice)
technical book; specialized book; treatise
market price; speculation (e.g. on stocks); reputation (according to conventional wisdom); estimation
two sheets (of paper or other flat objects)
modest; reserved; quiet; frugal; simple; plain
(way of) life; lifestyle; living; life circumstances; livelihood; day-to-day life
large amount of money; great cost
to carry around; to carry on one's person
payment; bill; sweeping; clearing away; sweeping stroke (e.g. when writing kanji)
to set aside; to keep in reserve; to preserve; to save; to put in; to lay in
to earn (income); to make (money); to score (points, victory); to gain (time); to work hard (at one's job); to labor
birth; lineage; identity; background; provenance; origin
in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely
to pay for someone else (with the expectation of being reimbursed later); to lend someone the money to pay for (e.g. rent); to make a temporary payment on someone's behalf
it's worth it; worth every penny; deserving; worthwhile
dropping (of tears, dew, etc.); falling off; dropping off; inadvertently (coming to the surface); letting out (e.g. a secret)
general public; the masses
(tear) to pieces; (rip) apart; with a rattle; with a shudder; feeling an electric shock
to throw into; to dump in together
to raise; to bring to (someone's attention); to appeal to (reason, emotions, etc.); to work on (one's emotions); to complain; to sue (a person)
to lend an ear to; to listen to
time and time again; many times; a number of times
clumsy; awkward; unskillful; incompetent; inept; bungling
crumpled; rumpled; to be annoyed; to be irritated; noisily (chewing)
to blow (on); to breathe (on); to pick (a fight); to provoke; to exaggerate; to ask (an unreasonable price)
fraud; swindle; graft; saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them; flaking out
to fall completely silent; to become still as death
to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble
trolling; singing in a circular canon; round
flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event
to take advantage (e.g. of a weak situation); to size up (e.g. customer when setting a high price)