to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
private; personal life; (one's) privacy
day and night; around the clock; always; constantly
hard struggle; strenuous effort
unmarried woman; Miss; -ess; -ette
to bear responsibility for; to be liable for; to answer for; to take the blame for
what sort of; what kind of; what way
hogging; having all to oneself; monopolising; monopolizing
to admonish; to persuade; to warn; to remonstrate
to save trouble; to save effort; to save hassle; to save bother; to save time
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
doing together (as equals); sharing; common (land, etc.); joint (statement, etc.); cooperation; co-operation
office kitchenette; room with facilities for boiling water
tray; family; household; O-Bon; Bon Festival; gambler's den
leaf; blade (of grass); (pine) needle
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
hot water; hot bath; hot spring; molten iron
ceremony; rite; ritual; service
homework; assignment; pending issue; unresolved problem; open question
ambition; aspiration; sinister designs; treachery
execution; carrying out; performance; lead monk performing various tasks in a temple
outside order; outsourcing; custom (manufacture)
invitation; solicitation; canvassing; canvasing; inducement; persuasion
overtime; outside of hours (school, office, surgery, etc.)
fixtures; furnishings; equipment
payment (taxes, fees, etc.); supply (of goods); delivery
moving; relocation; change of address; transfer (of deeds, property, etc.); demise
boiling; seething; becoming heated (e.g. debate); excitement; soaring (prices); shooting up
in; on; at; during; in the condition of
capital investment; capital expenditure; investment in plant and equipment
supreme ruler; conqueror; champion; winner; titleholder
to defy conventional wisdom
bold; audacious; impudent; unashamed; unabashed
to declare; to speak out; to warn; to spit out (words)
pretext; history; past; according to ...; ... says
transport; transportation
(this) shrine; (this) company; (this) firm
et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth
big talk; boasting; bragging
isolation; being alone; being friendless
to break through; to penetrate; to pierce