on the least pretext; at the drop of a hat
moneylending; moneylender
action; behavior; behaviour; (arch.) recommendation (of a person for a position)
loan; lending; favor; favour; creditor; method of lending
two grains; two drops; two bead
germination; sprouting; budding
measurement error; calculation error
gods and men; godlike person; person as powerful as a god; (arch.) low-ranking Shinto priest
lay ancestral hall; hall on temple grounds for holding mortuary tablets of lay parishioners; small shrine
monetary offering; offertory
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); ingredient; leaven (bread); cause
halving; dividing (into two parts); bisection; the two equinoxes (vernal and autumnal)
general; universal; ordinary; average; (arch.) the same; (arch.) no different
eight-tenths; casting someone out; type of baggy tobi trousers with the baggy part taking up eight-tenths of the full length of the trouser leg
official discount (bank) rate
quite; entirely; completely; as if; as though; just like
safe; strongbox; cashbox; depository; cash office; treasury
kan (obs. unit of weight, approx. 3.75 kg, 8.3 lb); kan (obs. unit of currency, equiv. to 1000 mon in the Edo period; col. 10 mon in the Meiji period); counter for pieces of sushi; 10 points; 12 points
mon; one-thousandth of a kan (unit of currency 1336-1870); 2.4 cm (traditional unit used to measure shoe sizes); letter; character; scripture
inner part of a house (near the kitchen, living room, etc.); family matters; household affairs; personal business
to supply (goods, money, etc.); to cover (costs); to pay; to give board; to provide meals
financing; funds provision; funds supply; supply of investable funds
confidence; trust; faith; credit (finance)
creation; Creation (by God)
multiplier; multiplier factor
knowing; (an) acquaintance
exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)
good times; boom; (wave of) prosperity
cash; ready money; money on hand; mercenary; self-interested; calculating
inconvenience; inexpediency; unhandiness
that is to say; so that means
to despise; to disdain; to scorn; to hold in contempt; to look down on