this autumn; this fall; autumn of this year
now (esp. in contrast to the past); now at last; at present; right now
poverty; need; destitution; having great difficulty with; struggling greatly with; being in distress
to press forward; to forge ahead; to push on
slump; crash; heavy fall; sudden decline
public finance; financial affairs; financial situation
pressure; oppression; suppression
to ingest; to eat; to enter the mouth; to be able to eat
being well versed (in); being well acquainted (with); being familiar (with); (a boy's) first ejaculation; spermarche; semenarche
to work too hard; to try too hard; to strain oneself; to overdo it; to go too far
better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth
to assemble everything together; to do something as a group
common people; ordinary people; masses
layer; stratum; class; stratum; sheaf; counter for stories (of a building)
string; cord; man who is financially dependent on a woman; gigolo; restrictions; conditions
to become loose; to slacken (e.g. rope); to become less tense; to relax; to slacken (e.g. coldness, supervision); to become lax; to become softer (e.g. ground, facial expression)
what one has a mind to do; what one feels like (doing); being so minded; (with) that in mind
average (normal, ordinary) year; every year; annually
to have (e.g. lunch); to take (e.g. vitamins)
territories in the vicinity of the capital and under direct imperial rule; (in Japanese history) the five kuni in the immediate vicinity of Kyoto
cotton plant (Gossypium spp.); batting; wadding; padding
Osaka (city); (arch.) large hill
competition; contest; rivalry; competition (between organisms or species)
transport; transportation
number (in a series); (one's) turn; watch; guard; rank; standing; bout
work (e.g. of art); production; harvest; cultivation; technique
beginning of the year; early in the New Year
shrine; palace; imperial residence; Imperial prince; Imperial princess; headboard with built-in shelves, drawers, etc.
lighter; (small) cargo vessel
the eight Edo-period provinces of Kanto (Sagami, Musashi, Awa, Kazusa, Shimousa, Hitachi, Kouzuke and Shimotsuke)
hot topic; talk of the town
vaginal discharge; menstruation; afterbirth
giving a loud pep talk; encouraging (somebody) strongly in a loud voice
secret art; the mysteries
to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely
forwarding; sending on; redirecting (e.g. mail); deadheading (e.g. train)