plastic (usu. of bags); vinyl
purse with a metal clasp; handbag (with clasp); pouch (with clasp); coin purse (with clasp)
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
snugly; neatly; compactly; cosily
to roof (a house with some material); to thatch; to shingle; to tile
profitable; worn-out; crumbling
success; prosperity; boom
grace (of God); divine favour; benefit; efficacy
to deify; to enshrine; to pray; to worship
hm; um; huh?; what?; nuh-uh; no
to have heard somewhere; to sound familiar
to watch over; to watch attentively
rope; cord; line; grand champion's braided belt
jingling; jangling; clinking; lasciviously; coquettishly
to recite; to chant; to cry; to yell; to advocate; to advance
secrecy; confidentiality; one's circumstances (esp. fiscal); kitchen
Milky Way; luminous band corresponding to the plane of the galaxy
festival game in which participants try to catch goldfish in a shallow paper ladle
looking for a particular person or thing; searching high and low; hunting for; picking out; singling out
telescope (variety of goldfish); telescope eye; demekin
last (i.e. immediately preceding); previous; pre- (e.g. premodern); before; before; earlier
one more time; once more; once again
to get torn; to tear; to rip; to be broken off (of negotiations, etc.); to break down; to collapse
thumping (heart); banging; pounding; racing
angle; square; cube; bishop; third degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Chinese "horn" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); jiao (monetary unit of China; one-tenth of a yuan)
to gaze at; to fix one's eyes upon
drop of water; vessel for replenishing inkstone water
drawstring purse; money pouch; pouch of fried tofu stuffed with var. ingredients, used in oden; (arch.) unlicensed prostitute (Edo period)
pish; pooh; I see; oh; indeed
roughly; approximately; round about; cursorily; briefly; quickly
even if; even though; however; no matter how
end; verge; extremity; miss; failure; blank (e.g. lottery ticket)
greatly; very much; thanks a lot
one's own strength; one's own efforts; self-salvation
outside help; help from without; salvation by faith
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside