pure gold; solid gold; fine gold
chic; smart; understanding; considerate; familiar with worldly pleasures (esp. sexual relations, geisha districts and red-light districts)
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
responsibility; liability; blame; torture; torment; persecution
chivalrous man who helps the weak and fights the strong; knight in shining armor; ruffians who act under the pretence of being chivalrous
to be in a tizzy; to be in a frenzy; to have one's eyes light up; to have a different look in one's eyes
cunning deed; sly trick; foul play; cunning person; sly fellow; cheat
rich in ...; high in ...; full of ...; very ...; quite ...
one night; one evening; all night; overnight
(good) result; outcome; fruits (of one's labors); product; accomplishment
shortening; contraction; reduction; curtailment; abbreviation
optimization; optimisation
knack; skill; bone; skeleton; cremated remains (esp. the bones); ashes
threshold (esp. one with grooves for sliding doors); sill
odious; hateful; detestable; (speaking ironically) darling
to have (urgent) business; to have something one needs to attend to; to have something one wants to say (to someone)
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
to apply for; to make an application; to propose (marriage); to offer (mediation); to make an overture (of peace); to challenge
degree (angle, temperature, scale, etc.); counter for occurrences; strength (of glasses); glasses prescription; alcohol content (percentage); alcohol by volume; extent
withdrawal; retraction; revocation; repeal
to take home; to carry home; to bring back home; to take out (e.g. food)
serious look (on one's face); straight face
to be open (to traffic); to lead to; to flow (liquid, current); to pass; to be understood; to be comprehended; to be honored
losing everything; coming to nothing; having lost the interest and the principal
absurd; unreasonable; excessive; very; extremely; excessively
saying; maxim; aphorism; proverb
is something that; is that which
to spread; to propagate; to popularize; to broaden; to extend; to widen
to branch; to fork; to separate; to split; to disperse; to scatter
to stroll about; to saunter; to wander; to dangle; to swing
at leisure; in a relaxed manner; in a carefree manner; quietly; peacefully
strict (e.g. security); heavy (e.g. guard); showy; pretentious; impressive; imposing
village headman; village mayor
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
patron (of the arts, an artist, etc.); patroness; sugar daddy; man who provides for a woman (e.g. a geisha); patron; master
hetero; heterosexual; heterozygote
within the sphere of influence (of)
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
not only ... but also; in addition to; consequently