some; (a) little; somewhat; to some extent; in part
receiving; reception; eating; drinking; please; please do for me
geisha house; establishment with geisha on its books for whom it acts as an agency
never mind that; don't worry about that; listen up
to sell (well); to be well known; to be popular; to be famous
dryness; aridity; drying (e.g. clothes); insipidity
to cling to; to hang onto; to rely on; to depend on; to implore; to entreat
to remain; to be left over; to be in excess; to be too many
hairdresser; hairdressing
tailoring; dressmaking; sewing; making; preparation
to knit; to plait; to braid; to compile (anthology, dictionary, etc.); to edit
satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client
to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)
to rely on; to depend on; to count on; to turn to (for help)
paying for one's mistakes; getting one's just deserts; suffering the consequences (of one's own actions); reap what you sow
lifelike; exact resemblance
to be at wits' end; to be greatly perplexed; to be troubled
private funds; own funds; private property
supply; provision; raising; procurement
amount of money; sum of money
with a slap; with a pop; without batting an eyelid; generously; cutesy suffix applied to names
generous; soft-hearted; having a good personality
to conceal one's true nature or feelings; to feign friendliness; to play the hypocrite
god of pestilence; god who spreads infectious diseases; jinx; hoodoo; pest
all that one has; all that there is; the whole
to flatly refuse; to reject; to spurn
scheme; tactic; stratagem; trick
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
bank (river, lake); (arch.) pile; (arch.) heap
lidded; covered; container with a lid
high class; high grade; high rank; seniority
pronoun; synonym; classic example; pattern
castella (type of sponge cake)
kamaboko; steamed seasoned fish paste, usu. in a semicylindrical shape on a strip of wood and sliced to go in soup, etc.
pickling in salt; leaving unchanged; leaving unused
quantification; expressing in numerical form; conversion to numerical form
type of food (sliced dried herring or other fish wrapped in kombu seaweed and boiled)
arrangement (of resources); deployment; stationing; posting; disposition; configuration
partition; division; settlement of accounts; preliminary warm-up ritual; toeing the mark; directing
hors d'oeuvre; appetizer; appetiser; starter