amount of payment; amount paid
snowballing (phenomenon, effect)
to continue to increase; to continue to mount
power of the state; government authority
genealogy; lineage; family tree; pedigree
to loaf around (on the job); to idle one's time away; to dawdle
charge (for admission, a meal, etc.); fee; price
certainly; surely; definitely; (lit.) 120 percent
educational institution; academic centre; academic center
high income; high earnings
day and night; around the clock; always; constantly
to go through the proper procedures; to follow the required steps
address; lodgings; accommodation
reservation system; appointment system; (on) a subscription basis
bathhouse; (public) bath; bathroom
simmered with; cooked with; boiling; boiled dish
bamboo shoot; young, inexperienced doctor
to allot; to assign; to give; to provide; to fit to; to fasten to
with a twitch (e.g. an eyebrow); with a dip; with a bob; with a flutter
to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to act innocent
kakishibu; astringent persimmon juice used as a dye or to treat wood, paper, etc.
(looking) blankly; vacantly; dazedly; (staring) in puzzlement; with a look of amazement
development; revitalization; standing (something) up; waking up; tilling a rice field; drawing a card from the draw pile
going out; one's best clothes; formal (e.g. language); best (behaviour, manners, etc.)
to end one's life; to end one's days; to die
to take off (another's clothes); to strip someone (of their clothes); to undress
being popular (esp. with the opposite sex); being well-liked