shoulders; body; honour; honor; prestige
favorable; favourable; friendly; vividly colored; vividly coloured
sincerely; earnestly; wholeheartedly; repeatedly; over and over; again and again
to be greatly obliged; to be very sorry
my goodness!; oh my!; oh dear!
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
receiving; getting; eating; drinking; please (give me; do for me)
cannot be compared (with); being no match (for)
such; like that; in that way
the old days; the past; former times; the past ten years; the past decade
complete stranger; total stranger
to be elated; to be excited; to be caught up in the moment; to be carried away; to get cocky
origin; source; basis; base; cause; (raw) material; ingredient
to be pretentious; to put on airs; to try to appear smart; to act brave; to try to look cool
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
close friendship; close friend; good friend; intimate relations; sexual intercourse; sex
terrific; staggering; tremendous; frightful; ghastly; horrific
beautiful woman; (a) beauty; belle; good-looker
(fighting) spirit; motivation; shout (for getting in the right mood to deal with something, etc.); cheer; kiai; short shout when performing an attacking move
extinction; extinguishment; disappearance; annihilation
breaking up (a meeting, gathering, etc.); dispersal (e.g. of a crowd); dissolution (of a company, organization, etc.); winding-up; dissolution (of the Diet, Parliament, etc.)
bad; wrong; must not (do, be); should not; useless; no good; hopeless
in the end; after all is said and done
(corporate) bankruptcy; insolvency; commercial failure; failed business
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
unemployment; losing one's job; becoming unemployed
forcibly; by force; against one's will
to carry on one's back; to be burdened with; to take responsibility for; to have (something) in the background; to be in front (of something); to be conceited
cancelling (a debt); forgiving (a debt); being even; forgetting (what was said or done); pretending (something never happened)
cancellation; abandonment
putting money aside; savings; deposit (e.g. in a bank); accumulated surplus of wins; wins in the bank
to be able to manage somehow or other
managing (to raise funds, find time, etc.); contriving; scraping together (money); working out (a plan, solution, etc.); thinking out; devising
security; guarantee; collateral; guarantee (e.g. of safety)
genuine; authentic; true; real
spirit; determination; pluck; mettle
to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out; to hand (over); to give