to spend; to expend; to waste; to squander; to devote
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
arrowhead; target of a flying arrow; brunt (of an attack); the very moment (when); the point (of doing)
deep-seated grudge; hatred
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
who cares?; I don't give a damn; what does it matter?
monetary; financial; pecuniary
to finish; to end; to merely result in something less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
outbreak; spring forth; generation (e.g. of power or heat); genesis; ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state
(way of) life; living; livelihood; life circumstances
body; oneself; one's place; one's position; main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.)
ditch; drain; gutter; trench
surplus; margin; leeway; composure; placidity; complacency
decision; determination; resolution
to be prominent; to be conspicuous
national railway; Japan National Railways (1949-1987)
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
mochi; (sticky) rice cake
to be stingy; to be tightfisted
narrow-minded; obstinate; stubborn; perverse; unreasonable; warped
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); one's husband; (one's) employer; (one's) master; host
sure; certain; reliable; trustworthy; If I'm not mistaken; If I remember correctly
the deceased; the departed
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
trace; tracks; site; remains; scar
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
pachinko; mechanical gambling game superficially resembling pinball; slingshot; catapult; pistol
to be erected; to be built
not caring; not giving a damn
vegetable shop; greengrocery; seller of vegetables
showy; loud; gay; flashy; gaudy
unrefined (character, manners); mean; vulgar; bad taste; lacking style
to come and go; to go back and forth
young man; young woman; young people; youth; youngsters
life; vitality; verve; vigor; vigour; animation
in the manner of an old person; like that of an old person; fusty; old-fashioned; fogyish
weeding out; elimination (e.g. of unneeded employees); culling; selection (e.g. natural selection)
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
reason; logic; sense; natural way of things
mobile telephone; cellular telephone
to handle (men); to master (a tool); to manage; to acquire a command of (a language)