extravagant spending; wasteful spending; splurging; squandering
to persevere; to keep at something (regardless of one's fatigue)
settlement; conclusion; summary
to gather up; to scrape up together; to rake
with profound (often hidden) meaning; pregnant with significance; meaningful; suggestive; interesting
to be out of patience; to be unable to put up with something anymore
to miss a chance; to miss an opportunity
merrymaking; high jinks; drunken revelry; spree
to put on a bold front; to act big; to be unyielding; to act formally; to act stiffly
to exercise one's authority as a (noun); to act as a (noun)
disposition; temperament; nature; mentality; spirit; character
omission; slip; error; definition (of photograph); sharpness; clarity (sound)
oozily; seeping out; very damply; humidly
first thing in the morning
horn; alarm; whistle; foghorn
to walk; to move forward; to make progress
courtesy call; going around to say hello (or goodbye) to everybody; making the rounds
last business day of the year
to fly about; to skip about; to bustle about
high salary earner; high income earner; well-paid employee; highly-paid; in the top salary bracket
conversion (e.g. yen to dollars); change; exchange; translation (numerical)
preparations for a journey
spirit; heart; disposition
aforementioned; above-mentioned; given above; previous
taking in; bringing in; capturing (e.g. customers); attracting; confusion; bustle
support; mutual aid; cooperation; approval; authorization; authorisation
arrival in Japan; coming to Japan; visit to Japan
core; core; hardcore; all-out
thirty-first day of the month; thirty-one days
the ninth; Beethoven's Ninth Symphony
complimentary ticket; invitation card; invitation ticket
timely; well-timed; clutch hit; run-scoring hit; RBI hit
as a test; as an experiment; by way of experiment; by way of trial; tentatively
to come; to go; to participate; to perform Zen meditation