promissory note; written acknowledgment of debt; IOU
limit (amount, e.g. on credit card, loan, expenditure)
interest (on a deposit, loan, etc.)
type of illegal loan charging 10% interest every 10 days; dealt hand consisting of 1-point cards and one single 10-point card
moneylending; moneylender
competition; contest; rivalry; competition (between organisms or species)
excess; surplus; superabundance
bad person; villain; scoundrel; wrongdoer; wicked person
playing at (something); game of make-believe; something done together
expectation; anticipation; purpose; intention; others' opinions of one; speculation
quiver; quaver; flutter; statistical fluctuation
date and time (of a meeting, departure, etc.); days and hours
everyday; always; at all times; frequently
to say time and time again; to say till you're blue in the face
backdoor; rear entrance; rear exit; unauthorized; illicit; illegal
completely empty (of a residence, etc.); vacant; body from which the soul has left; corpse; shed skin (of a snake, insect, etc.)
to be put in order; to be put to rights; to be disposed of; to be solved; to be finished; to be married (off)
getting nowhere; becoming uncontrollable; getting out of hand; remaining unsatisfied
swing and a miss; (punching and) failing to make contact; (ending in) failure; fruitless effort
to deliver; to extradite; to stretch across; to hand over
securing; obtaining; ensuring; belay; belaying
lifeline; matter of life or death; indispensable thing; life line (in palm reading)
great delight; great satisfaction; rapture
cover (e.g. for illegal activity); front; Dendropanax trifidus (species of flowering plant); straw raincoat that makes one invisible
to settle; to finish; to bring to an end
to put one's heart and soul (into); to completely devote oneself (to)
noisy; loud; much talked of; much-discussed; strict; severe
to set out; to set sail; to embark on (a new venture); to set out (to achieve something); to begin to ride; to lean forward
incoherent; wandering; vague; rambling; whimsical
weekday; ordinary days (i.e. non-holiday); kanji radical 73
infiltration; sneaking in; going undercover
snugly; neatly; compactly; cosily
hanafuda; flower cards; playing cards consisting of 12 suits of 4 cards, each suit representing a month indicated by a flower
thickly (of smoke, steam, etc.); stiflingly (hot air); suffocatingly; pungently
invalid; void; ineffective; unavailable
lately; recently; nowadays; terribly; awfully; extremely
security for a loan; collateral
to take over; to obtain by transfer; to inherit; to buy; to purchase
spurious article; forgery; counterfeit; imitation; sham
complete ignorance (usu. in reference to feigning); lack of knowledge
business; enterprise; venture; (social) project; undertaking; enterprise