loan; lending; favor; favour; creditor; method of lending
geisha; Japanese singing and dancing girl; dressed-up beautiful woman
to trick; to cheat; to deceive
unfortunately; sorry, but ...
notable; important; chief; valuable; conspicuous; outstanding
since when; from when; how long
attachment; adhesion; tenacity; fixation; obsession
surely; certainly; without doubt
prickling; stinging; tingling
to stub out (e.g. a cigarette); to crush out; to smother (fire); to hush up; to cover up; to stifle
tears of regret; bitter tears; vexation; chagrin
fly (any insect of infraorder Muscomorpha); person of no worth; pisher; scrub
order (from one's superior); command; what you say; (someone's) words
without cause; without reason
laughing while reminiscing
to fold one's arms; to link arms with someone
to choose at one's own discretion; to choose when to do something; to estimate (the time for something)
baked sweet goods (e.g. Danish pastry, melon bread); sweet pastry; sweet bread
to waste; to treat shabbily; to treat frivolously; to handle roughly; to treat without respect
to slurp; to sip (loudly); to sniffle; to sniff
to work without sleep or rest
alms-giving; charity; offerings (usu. money) to a priest (for reading sutras, etc.)
nothing; naught; nought; un-; non-
reserve; spare; treasured; valued; (ace) up one's sleeve; trump
to be disheartened; to lose heart; to be sprained; to be snapped; to be broken
betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)
to endeavor (endeavour); to try; to strive; to make an effort; to exert oneself; to be diligent
olive green; greenish brown
(with a) slap; smack; wham; sound of striking with something solid; zap; crack
male-female relationships; relations between the sexes; sexual relations
passing each other; missing (meeting) each other; failing to meet; (being at) cross purposes; discrepancy
growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
large notebook (usu. used for taking lecture notes)