three times (as much); treble; triple; threefold
bank; banking institution
income; earnings; revenue; proceeds; takings; receipts
Kyūshū (southernmost of the four main islands of Japan)
coal mine; (coal) pit; colliery; coal-mine shaft
Bon and year-end festivals
allotment; apportionment; share; dividend
tuck (e.g. in a dress); rise (e.g. in price)
leader; leaders; dotted line; reader (textbook); reader (i.e. a person who reads); microreader
fox (esp. the red fox, Vulpes vulpes); fox (i.e. a sly person); soba or udon topped with deep-fried tofu; light brown; golden brown
fur coat (to protect against the cold); clothes made with the down of birds
poverty; need; destitution; having great difficulty with; struggling greatly with; being in distress
profit; gains; benefit; advantage; grace (of God, Buddha, etc., esp. as attained through rightful actions, prayer, adherence to one's faith, etc.); blessing
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
someone; a certain person
better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth
leader of a (large) group; large decorative black flagpole tassel made from tail hair (of a yak, horse, ox, etc.) or dyed hemp; puffbird (any bird of family Bucconidae); first makushita rikishi listed on the banzuke
motion (i.e. proposal to a committee, etc.)
random; by chance; haphazard; hit-or-miss; unplanned
tuber; taro; yokel; bumpkin; dud; worthless thing
place where one can remove one's shoes before entering a house
in the meanwhile; during the time
proper; appropriate; due; suitable
wriggling; squirming; writhing; maneuvering (behind the scenes; of insignificant people); manoeuvring; planning mischief
so to speak; so to call it; as it were; in a sense
to blow in (of wind, rain, etc.); to blow (air) into (e.g. a balloon); to breathe (new life) into; to inspire (someone) with; to put into someone's head; to record (audio; on tape, vinyl, etc.)
a little over; a little more than; strength; the strong; powerhouse; one of the biggest
paying one's own expenses
sensitive; susceptible; emotional; impressionable; sentimental
many regrets; much sadness; much resentment; much bitterness
to work; to labor; to labour; to put to work; to make (someone) work
object; natural phenomenon; science of inanimate nature
setting (someone) to work; employment; using; causative
(soulless) body; framework (of a building, etc.); skeleton; mere shell; mere name
to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range
to tuck up (a kimono skirt); to tuck in; to make short (a story, explanation, etc.); to cut short; to abridge
sweat; perspiration; moisture; condensation; gulp; oops