one's own discretion (idea, responsibility)
people; (all) persons; you (usu. plural); various
revealing (information, a secret, etc.); disclosure; telling; letting out
in (e.g. secret); with (e.g. success)
load on one's chest; obstacle; hindrance; impediment
lunch break; noon recess; noon rest period
cash; ready money; money on hand; mercenary; self-interested; calculating
registered mail for the purpose of sending money
(the) positive; yang (in Chinese divination); the open; visible place
for now; for the time being; for the present; though not quite satisfactorily; after a fashion
(villains) of the same stripe; birds of a feather; (lit.) badgers of the same hole
to be anxious or concerned about; to ponder (anxiously); to fear; to investigate; to consider; to plan
harsh tasting; strongly alkaline tasting; excessively strong-willed; fiercely individualistic; strongly idiosyncratic
one's manners; one's attitude
one thing after another; out of the frying pan and into the fire
beginning of the year; early in the New Year
bank; banking institution
to rebuild; to reconstruct
establishing; founding; setting up; organizing; establishment
silver (Ag); silver coin; money; silver medal; silver colour; silver color; bank
10^8; 100,000,000; hundred million
debt; liabilities; obligation to a person or party (usu. legal or contractual)
interest (on a loan, deposit, etc.)
repayment; reimbursement; refund; redemption
diligent; absorbed (in something)
number of events (e.g. accidents, crimes, meetings, housing starts, hits on a web page)
big; large; drastic; full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)
division (of a larger group); branch; field; class (subclass); group; category
economic difficulties; financial difficulties; fiscal difficulties
five times (as much); quintuple; fivefold
to supply (goods, money, etc.); to cover (costs); to pay; to give board; to provide meals
major subject; special study
to get involved (with); to begin (with); to have a hand (in)
notable; important; chief; valuable; conspicuous; outstanding
residing; living; dwelling
to be started; to get underway
early on; earlier on; from early
to search about for; to hunt around for; to look high and low for; to look everywhere for
(a) touch of; tinge of; wreath (e.g. of smoke); one stroke; one brush