unclean; dirty; unsanitary; indecent; dirty (story, money, etc.); obscene
silver prize; silver award; silver medal; second-place prize
sensitive; susceptible; emotional; impressionable; sentimental
bad influence; negative influence
creed; belief; conviction; article of faith
slump; crash; heavy fall; sudden decline
to play around (of a cat, dog, etc.); to frisk; to gambol; to frolic
lodging; inn; house; home; home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.)
unfortunate; unhappy; ill-fated; hapless
such a thing; something like that
to not take seriously; to take lightly
change for the better; improvement; looking better (than before)
townscape; street (of stores and houses); (look of) stores and houses on street
by all means; at all costs
initial salary; starting salary; entry-level salary
to be touching; to be moving
sound leaking (out of headphones, etc.); sound leakage
baldness; bald head; bald person; baldy; idiot; moron
unprecedented; never seen before
to incur the wrath of the gods (e.g. by doing something immoral); to incur divine punishment; to pay for one's sins
plectrum (for a shamisen, biwa, etc.); pick; drumstick (for taiko); mallet (for a gong); beater
to purify; to cleanse; to exorcise; to purge; to ward off
last; final; end; conclusion; rust
heaven and earth; the universe; land; world; top and bottom; gods of heaven and earth
to hang one's head; to droop one's head
recovery; undoing; recall
extravagant spending; wasteful spending; splurging; squandering
queen; female monarch; queen consort; consort of a king; queen; princess
(eating or drinking) to one's heart's content
amount of sugar; sugar content
to evade (questions); to reply evasively; to beat around the bush; to throw up a smoke screen
to knock down; to knock out
wrasse (any fish of family Labridae)
nothing but; except; no more than
prices of commodities; prices (in general); cost-of-living
to work out; to think up; to devise; to manage to find (money, time, etc.); to scrape together (funds)
war funds; war chest; funds (for activities); campaign funds