personal expenses; pocket money; spending money; incidental expenses; allowance
one's house; one's home; one's family
economic difficulties; financial difficulties; fiscal difficulties
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
treating someone like a child
gradually; day by day; every day; each day
turning round; going around; turning about; surrounding; encircling
second day of the month; two days
to shorten; to narrow; to close; to shrink
third day of the month; three days
green (colour); green (energy, car, etc.); environmentally friendly; greenland; green space; green (on a golf course)
to bring near; to bring close; to let go near; to associate with; to bring (people) together; to let come near (of a person)
club activities; extracurricular activities
attendance (at school); going to school
to bump heads; to bump into each other; to collide head-on; to meet by chance; to encounter; to run into
evacuation; withdrawal; revocation; repeal; retreat
just after a holiday break; the first day after the holidays
(sense of) reality; realness; realism; authenticity; viability
twenty-ninth day of the month; twenty-nine days
taking a breather; relaxation; vent hole
Kōzuke (former province located in present-day Gunma Prefecture)
journey; trip; travels; during the journey; on the way; while travelling
interest; eagerness; enthusiasm
bamboo grass; generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)
on the way back; when about to go back
to beg; to pester; to plead; to coax; to hound; to importune
management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome
third year of junior high school; third-year junior high school student
first year of junior high school; first-year junior high school student
to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry
debt; loan; liabilities; borrowing money
luxury; extravagance; to live in luxury; to indulge oneself; lavish (use of something); abundant
strict prohibition; ban; interdiction
inside the breast of one's clothing (esp. kimono); bosom; space between one's chest and outstretched arms; (one's) reach; heart (e.g. of a mountain); bosom (e.g. of nature)
compensating; making up for; supplementation
until something reaches the very limit; until the very last minute; up to the breaking point
shift; move; (work) shift; work schedule; gearshift; changing gears