extravagant spending; wasteful spending; splurging; squandering
to increase; to add to; to augment
institution; establishment; facility; home (for elderly, orphans, etc.)
going in and out; entering and exiting; visiting regularly; frequenting; income and expenditure; incomings and outgoings; increase and decrease
pot; jar; dice cup; depression; basin (e.g. of a waterfall); aim; what one wants
agglutination; adhesion; fusion; combination; blending; uniting
to take home; to carry home; to bring back home; to take out (e.g. food)
to be saved up (of money)
to be useful; to be helpful; to serve the purpose
to go uninvited; to call on without an invitation; to barge in on; to throng to; to crowd into; to converge upon
angry voice; one's voice when shouting with anger
to take refuge in; to succeed in running away
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
flaring up; bursting into flames
curious onlookers; rubbernecks
to be awash with; to teem with; to be full of
fire brigade; fire company
disastrous; tragic; miserable; wretched; pitiful; woeful
cotton plant (Gossypium spp.); batting; wadding; padding
first floor; ground floor; one floor; one storey; one rank
to be visible to; to be seen by; to meet one's eyes
memories; recollections; reminiscence
(fighting) spirit; motivation; shout (for getting in the right mood to deal with something, etc.); cheer; kiai; short shout when performing an attacking move
anticlimax; let-down; disappointment; loss of interest
reward; compensation; collateral; security; turning to look behind
affected; smug; pompous; conceited; snobby; pretentious
way of speaking; intimation
to feel irritated; to feel offended; to feel angry; to feel sick; to feel nauseous
or something; or something like that; or words to that effect; something or other
to move; to shift; to inspire; to rouse; to change; to alter; to operate
to telephone; to make a phone call
dozens; scores of; decades
cruel; merciless; atrocious; pitiful; tragic; horrible
charred; burnt black; scorched black