notebook; memo pad; certificate; identification card
to rest (from work, studying, etc.); to take a break
to arouse someone's interest; to whet (appetite); to be appealing; to be intriguing; to be fascinating
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
to stand on tiptoe; to rise in the world; to become arrogant
rising; developing; emergent; burgeoning; new
industrialist; entrepreneur
earnings; proceeds; returns; revenue
materials; ingredients; material (for a novel, experiment, etc.); subject matter; grounds (for a decision, judgement, etc.); basis
to express sudden recognition and being impressed; (lit.) to slap one's knee
chemical fertilizer; chemical fertiliser
stamp; seal; seal impression; seal; mudra (symbolic hand gesture); ninja hand sign
manufactured goods; finished goods; product
(present) head of a family
generation; lifetime; age
riches; wealth; resources; lottery
one theory (opinion); another theory (opinion)
making off with (something); absconding; stolen; absconded (with)
suspicious-looking; shady; questionable; dubious; fishy
doubting; distrustful; incredulous; suspicious
property; fortune; assets
inheritance; bequest; legacy; heritage
to build (a nest); to nest; to haunt (a place); to hang out (somewhere)
next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to
gluttony; satiation; engorgement
dark; gloomy; overcast; heavy; leaden; dull
to starve; to be famished; to be hungry; to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for
to have something on one's mind; to have (undisclosed) reservations; to feel conflicted
buried gold; buried treasure
that much; as much; to that extent; only that; that alone; no more than that
development; exploitation
(fictional) character; character; personality; persona
to revive; to come to oneself; to be restored to life
talking in delirium; incoherent muttering
pattern; behavioural pattern; behavioral pattern; predictability
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
self first; striving to be first; scrambling for
to make (good) progress; to move right ahead (with the work); to advance
composed expression; clear face