indicates concession or compromise; indicates permission
person with a lot of experience; old hand; veteran (in a particular field)
allowance; remittance; sending (someone) an allowance
expenses; costly; expensive
extreme; terrible; absurd; unreasonable; fool; idiot
used; second-hand; old; Middle Ages (in Japan esp. Heian period)
poverty-stricken; destitute; poor; penurious
pachinko; mechanical gambling game superficially resembling pinball; slingshot; catapult; pistol
debt; loan; liabilities; borrowing money
consumer financing firm; loan shark
black-market lending; illegal loan
to emphasize; to state emphatically; to speak loudly about; to raise one's voice; to lift one's voice
repayment; reimbursement; refund; redemption
clergyman; churchman; clergy
depending on the situation; should time and circumstances permit
the other day; some time ago; recently
inexperienced person; young person; novice; greenhorn
loitering; hanging around; wandering around
mediation; good offices; influential person; person of influence; (arch.) eloquence; (arch.) eloquent person
anti-; antithesis; fanqie; traditional Chinese spelling system in which two characters are used: the first one for the onset, the second one for rhyme and tone
winners (those who have succeeded socially, economically, etc.)
solidarity; banding together and working as one for a common cause
guardian; protector; patron; parent
to join forces; to cooperate
to tie up in a bundle (e.g. straw, hair, bills, letters); to bundle; to govern; to manage; to fold (one's arms); to put together (one's hands)
to kill one's enemy (opponent)
unity; union; solidarity; combination; teaming up
overly optimistic; easygoing; irresponsible; naive; simple-minded
killing a would-be avenger; having the tables turned on someone (e.g. by a challenger); being beaten at one's own game
hopping; skipping; lightly and repeatedly jumping
to jump; to leap; to break up; to close; to hit (e.g. to have a car hit something or someone)
cash; ready money; money on hand; mercenary; self-interested; calculating
telephone receiver; telephone mouthpiece; making a telephone call; receiving a telephone call
dealing with (people, customers, complaints, etc.); receiving (callers, visitors, etc.); attending to; handling; serving
having no thought for; having no consideration for; disregarding; overlooking; (arch.) being found not guilty (in an Edo-period court); (arch.) acquittal
innumerable; countless; numberless
title (e.g. Doctor, Professor, Lord); job title; position (in a company); degree; status; rank
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
garden (esp. man-made); orchard; park; place; location
first and last (time, chance, etc.); (the) only
checking answers (e.g. to homework problems); verifying one's answers
to be too busy; to be occupied; to concentrate on single-mindedly