strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
upright; honest; faithful; conscientious; sincere
3000; three thousand; many
yen (Japanese monetary unit); circle
(arch.) to be; (arch.) to be (location); sum of money
brown envelope; manila envelope
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
privacy; secrecy; confidentiality
even if; even though; even; too; whether ... or ...; no matter (what, where, who, etc.)
transactions; dealings; business
to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to interpret; to understand
several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number
to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)
to turn; to rotate; to pass around; to send around; to move (someone or something to where its needed); to send; to turn (to a new use)
tightness (of money, financial conditions, etc.); pressure; stringency; being strained (of a situation); being tense; being pressing
worst; horrible; horrid; in the worst case; if worst comes to worst
to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke
poverty; need; destitution; having great difficulty with; struggling greatly with; being in distress
patterns of thinking; train of thought
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside
to be needed; to be wanted
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
myself; yourself; I; me; you
all one's power (strength, energy, efforts); one's utmost
denial; negation; negation (logic); NOT operation
considerably; fairly; quite
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
to think constantly about; to dwell on
to rise; to swell; to be promoted
to grow up; to become an adult; to become big; to grow in size
study; research; investigation
to look out over; to survey (scene); to take an extensive view of
to lean over (someone); to bend over; to lean on; to weigh on one; to bear (heavily) on one; to lie on one
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
nonchalantly; calmly; as if nothing happened
encircled flower seal (equiv. of a gold star awarded to children for good work at school)
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
depressed; bummed out; down; heavy-hearted; heavy-spirited; feeling reluctant (to do)