profit-and-loss arithmetic; calculating profit and loss; mercenary point of view
to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to
happiness; blessedness; luck; luckily; fortunately
to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on
means of making contact; intermediary; go-between; connections; influence; pull
exhaust sound; exhaust note
people; (all) persons; you (usu. plural); various
to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough
to carry off; to run away with; to sweep away; to take entirely for oneself; to monopolize
to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends
characteristic quality; special character; one's function; one's duty; fief; inherited estate
to miss one's footing; to be off the right track; to be on the wrong path
sense of emptiness; empty feeling; feeling of meaninglessness
in itself; the thing itself; this itself; for its own sake; per se
to make a mistake; to be incorrect; to be mistaken
extra; more; unnecessary; needless; all the more; even more
no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than
boarding; board; meals; catering; cook
to hold (in one's hand); to take (into one's hand); to own; to obtain
onigiri; rice ball (often triangular, sometimes with a filling and wrapped in nori)
to be placed on; to be set on; to be piled on; to appear (in print); to be mentioned; to be recorded
opposite side; other side; other party
to eat up (completely); to put down (a rebellion); to suppress; (arch.) to make flat; (arch.) to level out
hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little
to be vague; to speak ambiguously; to be evasive; to not commit oneself
severe; harsh; stringent; rigorous; strict; unfair
jokingly; in the form of a joke
everyday; daily; ordinary; usual; routine; regular
piece; fragment; one (object)
salt; common salt; hardship; toil; saltiness; cold
to whirl; to eddy; to be all jumbled together (feelings, thoughts, etc.); to surge; to sweep
clean; hygienic; sanitary; pure; virtuous; immaculate
to go under; to pass under; to dive (into or under the water); to evade; to get around; to survive