New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January
wet nurse; nursing mother
wealthy; rich; affluent; well-off
no wonder; little wonder; after all; as expected; which isn't surprising
one's possessions; ownership
papa; dad; daddy; sugar daddy
foreign capital group; foreign company
finance; financing; credit transacting; monetary; financial; credit
service; duty; business; Buddhist religious services
three times (as much); treble; triple; threefold
hesitation; indecision; vacillation
flavor; flavour; charm; appeal; experience; taste (e.g. of victory)
to stop up; to close up; to stand in the way; to obstruct; to occupy; to fill up
father; dad; husband; you; he
New Year's Eve; end of the year
to be peevish; to sulk; to pout
way of asking; way of listening; listener
envious; jealous; enviable (position, etc.)
loss (of weight or volume, e.g. in transit); ullage; outage; decrease (in value); reduction
gaining time; stalling for time; time-buying
to try and do something; to attempt to do something
powerfully; vigorously; with all one's strength; lots of; heaps of; plenty
very fast; in a twinkle; before one's eyes
precipitous; rugged; inaccessible; grim; severe; stern
brow; glabella; middle forehead; area between the eyebrows
the vertical; height; front-to-back; length; north-to-south; vertical (relationship)
to wrinkle; to crinkle; to shrivel
refrigerator; cold; cool; cold sake
yellow; high-pitched (voice); shrill
polite; courteous; careful; close; overly courteous; overly careful
consent; approval; acceptance; agreement; compliance