extravagant spending; wasteful spending; splurging; squandering
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
to make a move; to move a piece (e.g. in shogi)
brothers and sisters; siblings; half-siblings; step-siblings; mate; friend
to scale (mountain, flight of stairs, etc.)
to furnish with; to equip with; to prepare for; to make preparations for; to possess (all that is needed); to be endowed with
decoration; ornament; trimmings
everyday clothes; ordinary clothes; casual wear; informal dress
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
abrupt; sudden; unexpected
ear; hearing; ear (for music, etc.); edge; crust; ear (of a pot, jug, etc.)
objection; refutation; rebuttal; counterargument
subtleties; niceties; fine points; subtle; sensitive
occasionally; once in a while; now and then
envious; jealous; enviable (position, etc.)
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
going and worshipping (at a shrine or temple); visit (to a shrine or temple to worship)
grounds (esp. of shrines and temples); compound; churchyard; precincts
halfway up (down) a mountain; mountainside
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
to make even; to make smooth; to make level; to average
front shrine; hall of worship
scale; scope; plan; structure
beyond one's means or position
people; men and women; each person; everybody
to live; to reside; to inhabit
to take notice (of); to pay attention (to)
miko; shrine maiden; young girl or woman (trad. an unmarried virgin) who assists priests at shrines; medium; sorceress; shamaness
official post; regular post; principal post (as opposed to secondary post); I (of someone in government or the civil service)
a matter of course; what is to be expected; par for the course
standing at attention; standing stiffly upright
he; she; this; this one; hey, you!; you bastard!
to shift one's attention to; to shift one's focus on
to attend on; to wait on; to accompany; to escort; to chaperone
movement; transfer; migration; mobile; moving; traveling
row; line; group (of peers); ranks (of); sequence; series (taxonomic rank)
to push someone (towards); to encourage someone
nothing special; no big deal; doesn't matter; nothing to worry about
being too late; losing one's final chance
visit (to a shrine, grave, etc.); worship
to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate