beyond expectations; beyond what one expected; not foreseen; exceeding assumptions
after all; in the end; conclusion; end; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.
to regain one's footing; to get back on one's feet; to recover; (of the market) to improve
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
bizarre; strange; eccentric; odd; queer
closing up shop (for the day); stopping business; going out of business
exhaustion; fatigue; impoverishment; (financial) exhaustion; ruin
stomach; Chinese "stomach" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
to be surprised; to be astonished
grand; magnificent; lavish; forceful; powerful; vigorous
to suffer; to groan; to be worried
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
(one's) older brother; lad; sonny
article; news story; report; account
to wake up; to awake; to awaken to (instinct, ability, perception, etc.); to become aware of; to come to one's senses
going out; outing; leaving (one's home, office, etc.)
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
need; want; necessity; costs; expenses
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
part-time employer; place where one works part-time
sharing with others what has been given to you; sharing a portion of the profit with others
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
cut; cutting; haircut; shuffle (cards); shuffling; scene
state; condition; situation; appearance; circumstances
pulpwood; raw timber; unprocessed timber; original (or ancestor) of a tree cultivar
trial manufacture; experiment; test piece; prototype
just because; even if; even though
least; lowest; worst; awful; horrible; at the very least
means of making contact; intermediary; go-between; connections; influence; pull
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
father; dad; papa; pa; pop; daddy
local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift
katsuobushi; small pieces of sliced dried bonito
lump; mass; group; crowd; embodiment (of an idea, quality, feeling etc.); personification
to use up; to exhaust; to wear out
suitable; proper; appropriate; perfunctory; half-minded; sloppy