personal expenses; pocket money; spending money; incidental expenses; allowance
one's station in life; one's personal history; one's circumstances; one's lot; one's destiny; one's future
thank you for your continued patronage
showy; loud; gay; flashy; gaudy
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
different person; another person; someone else; changed man
to go bar-hopping; to go on a pub crawl
running away from home; elopement; (arch.) outing; (arch.) going out; (arch.) becoming a Buddhist monk; (arch.) entering the priesthood
missing (of a person); lost; unaccounted for; whereabouts unknown
secret; secrecy; mystery; secret (e.g. to success); esoteric teachings
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; (not) any
to dance (orig. a hopping dance)
to deceive; to falsify; to dodge; to beg the question (issue, difficulties); to varnish over; to gloss over
senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer
home area; home town; local
to dig up; to turn up; to tear up; to rake up (e.g. old scandal); to dig over
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
to go pale; to grow pale; to lose color; to turn white
opportunity; chance; folding; fold; small food box (wooden or cardboard); folding in ... (two, three, etc.); counter for folded items
lower reaches (of a river); bottom; lower part; lower half (of the body, esp. the privates); feces (faeces); end
to hold; to carry; to embrace (in one's arms)
back; rear; background; behind the scenes
going in and out; entering and exiting; visiting regularly; frequenting; income and expenditure; incomings and outgoings; increase and decrease
quite capable of ...; could happen; not unlikely to
to rebuke; to scold harshly
occasionally; once in a while; seldom; casually; unexpectedly; accidentally
sobbing; weeping; whimpering
tightly (hold, squeeze, etc.); firmly; forcefully (e.g. push); hard
to burst into tears; to burst out crying; to begin to cry; to be moved to tears
with a feeling of relief; with a sigh of relief; deeply (sigh)
incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; I don't get it; I'm confused; I'm lost
sorry; excuse me; thank you
living thing; living creature; animal; life
on the contrary; far from it; if anything; in fact; instead
to make a mess; to perpetrate; to do; to finish up; to be guilty of
unable to put up any resistance; unable to put up a fight; not standing a chance (against)
carelessness; inattention; thoughtlessness
to become an expert; to be master at
to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing)
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
to assume the air of ...; to behave like ...; to put on airs; to be self-important