long time; long interval; for quite some time
to touch (a person's) heart; to impress (a person)
lower floor; downstairs; bottom of the stairs; foot of the stairs
with a clatter; with a rattle; persistently (complaining, etc.); annoyingly; messy; cluttered
to take offense; to take offence; to get angry; to lose one's temper
to come to nothing; to be spoiled; to be spoilt
daughter of a person of high rank (esp. eldest daughter)
threat; menace; coercion; blackmail
loud laughter; roaring with laughter
to feel depressed; to be down
to boil up; to come to the boil; to arise; to break out; to get excited; to be in uproar
game in which players must complete monotonous tasks to advance; game which requires grinding
simple work; repetitive job; unskilled work; menial work
low (level, value, price, etc.)
fund-raising; fund collecting
sacrifice sale; bargain sale; discount sale; energetically touting goods while reducing price bit by bit
safe; strongbox; cashbox; depository; cash office; treasury
maneuvering behind the scenes; backroom deals; dodgy dealings
surplus; remainder; residue; margin; balance
business conditions; the market; good (economic) times; prosperity; liveliness; energy
growing (graph rising to the right); increasing; soaring; expanding
original source; provider; supplier
seven wonders (of a particular area); total mystery; enigma; conundrum
dress coordination; costume coordination; fitting session; costume fitting
remote (work, device, etc.)
overly familiar; overfamiliar; too friendly; too free; cheeky
to duck one's head; to pull in one's head; to duck down; to shrug one's shoulders
trifling; trivial; slight
work; workmanship; craftsmanship; artifice; trick; device
unceasing; never-ending; endless
(on the) right track; (on the) right lines
old body; aged person; elderly person
thin-culmed dwarf bamboo (growing in clusters)
to be on the right track; to go well
borderline between life and death; verge of death; deadline (boundary around a prison which prisoners were not allowed to cross)
public affair; government matter; duke; prince; Sir; Lord
to take (someone) away; to carry off; to abduct; to kidnap
young person; young man; (arch.) boy who has not yet had his coming-of-age ceremony (Edo period); (arch.) young (homosexual) male prostitute; (arch.) young kabuki actor also working as a male prostitute; (arch.) boy in a homosexual relationship (with a man)
quotient; business; merchant; second degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Shang dynasty (of China; approx. 1600-1046 BCE); Yin dynasty
divining sticks; counting; calculation
certainty; reality; regular; permanent; samadhi (state of intense concentration achieved through meditation)
association; fellowship; change (of season, year, etc.)