to hear; to be told; to know; to receive (order); to undertake; to comply
to cease; to desist; to cut it out; to lay off (an activity); to drop (a subject) to abolish; to resign
to overflow; to brim over; to flood
energy; vigour; vigor; liveliness; spirit; life
large serving; large portion
paradise; heaven; Kingdom of Heaven
betting ticket; betting slip
spine; line of the backbone; seam down the back (of clothing)
to freeze (of one's body); to be frozen; to become numb (with cold); to be chilled
chivalrous spirit; chivalry
euphoric; happy; buoyant; bouncy
to eagerly look forward to
to call; to summon; to send for; to call together
800,000; eight hundred thousand
audience; attendance; hearers
watering hole; watering place
stingy; cheap; very frugal
payment of debts; repayment
to publish a book; to put out a book
It's a piece of cake; It's a simple task; It's a cinch
to earn (income); to make (money); to score (points, victory); to gain (time); to work hard (at one's job); to labor
vocation; lifework; sacred task (esp. the emperor's rule over the nation); prostitute of the second-highest class (Edo period)
simple; artless; naive; unsophisticated
at first; at the outset; to begin with; as a first step
to do ... incessantly; to do ... hard; (arch.) to happen repeatedly; (arch.) to happen over and over again
diamond; (railway) schedule; timetable; diagram
revision; amendment; alteration
only recently; just of late
to redeem (from sin); to save
day in question; appointed day; that very day; the day (of issue, publication, etc.)
(approximate) age; years; elderly; old; older (than); senior
bureau; department; office (e.g. post, telephone); broadcasting station (e.g. television, radio); affair; situation
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
turning point; critical juncture; knot (in a tree, etc.)
youthful; young; young-looking
use; adoption; acceptance; appointment; employment; engagement
person with a lot of free time on their hands; person of leisure; idler; loafer
to poke one's nose into another's affairs; to have a hand in; to take a (deep) interest in; to poke one's head (into a room)