advantage; benefit; profit; interest
to be loath to; to balk at (doing); to grudge (doing); to take (good) care of
to stay on; to remain; to hold out; to stop (doing); to give up
to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent
to come near; to approach; to be on the verge of; to be about to; to overhang; to hang over
nodding off (while sitting); dozing
land east of China; Japan
nonchalant air; unruffled air
to ward off (e.g. an attack); to fend off (e.g. a question); to elude; to evade; to dodge; to turn aside (e.g. a joke)
battle standard decorated with hanging strips of paper or leather; fireman's standard (Edo period)
(fig.) rat in a trap; (fig.) trapped rat; (lit.) rat in a bag
one in a million (chance, etc.); one in ten thousand; in the unlikely event that
average (normal, ordinary) year; every year; annually
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
Kyūshū (southernmost of the four main islands of Japan)
to live under another's roof; to become a dependent on; to flatten oneself (against); to lean in close to
moving about; stirring about
internal conditions; true state of affairs
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
to disappear; to vanish; (arch.) to die
compensating; making up for; supplementation
all people; everybody; ten thousand people
meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up
White Russian emigre; White Russian exile
soon; in a moment; nearby; close; direct; spot transaction
let's see what you've got; show me what you've got
major loss; crushing defeat; big discount
to curse (at someone); to call someone names; to speak bitterly
one's field of expertise; one's strong area
the right person in the right place
to smile (at); to grin (at)
kindness; favor; favour; goodwill; affection; liking (for someone)
virile; tough; masculine; intense
looks; personal appearance; features
to be completely changed (for the worse); to be transformed