worth; merit; value; good point; redeeming feature; saving grace
depreciation; decline; fall; slump
always; constantly; frequently; often; nonstop
preparations for returning (home)
to dream of making a fortune at one stroke; to dream of getting rich quickly
up and down; lightly; nimbly; casually; (strolling about) without a care
short supply; supply shortage
tiny amount (degree, extent); paltry amount; slightest bit
to be stingy; to be tightfisted
to gain strength; to have energy
needle; pin; hook; stinger; thorn; hand (e.g. clock, etc.); pointer
control; management; supervision
to enclose; to impound; to cut off; to corral
hook; hook bracket (Japanese quotation mark)
to astonish; to astound; to stupefy; to flabbergast; to strike a person dumb; to dumbfound
sliding door (esp. when removed from its frame and used for carrying things or people); large flounder
big fan (of something or someone); great fan
to miss (capturing); to fail to catch; to let slip
(edible) greens; leafy greens; vegetables
giving up farming for another profession
to change one's place of residence; to migrate; to move
to be crazy about; to be infatuated with; to be obsessively devoted to
nothing but; none other than
food crisis; food-supply crisis
politics; political manoeuvre; political maneuver
to want; to seek; to request
head; leader; top; (arch.) important part
to feather one's own nest
utterly (unknown; esp. of someone's whereabouts); completely; (no information) whatsoever; at all
pillow word; decorative word used prefixally in classical Japanese literature; preface; introduction
shameless; shameless person
in every nook and corner; from A to Z; from head to toe; from cover to cover
one's habitual practice; usual measure; old trick