expectation;  anticipation;  hope;  promising;  rising;  up-and-coming
 rod;  pole;  neck (of a shamisen, etc.);  shamisen;  beam (i.e. the crossbar of a balance);  single line (esp. as a flying formation for geese);  penis
 intensely;  severely;  strictly;  tightly;  compactly;  closely
 needle;  pin;  hook;  stinger;  thorn;  hand (e.g. clock, etc.);  pointer
 tortoise;  turtle;  heavy drinker;  turtle crest;  turtle mon
 retreat;  dwelling for someone in seclusion
 to get late;  to advance;  to wear on
 heir;  successor;  family estate;  family fortune;  headship of a family
 to hand over;  to transfer;  to give up (e.g. one's seat);  to give way;  to yield;  to concede
 economy;  economics;  finance;  (one's) finances;  being economical;  economy
 and so;  therefore;  for that reason
 wealthy;  rich;  affluent;  well-off
 evening deepens into night;  the night wears on;  night advances
 abacus;  soroban;  calculation (esp. of profit and loss);  reckoning
 habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice);  tendency;  peculiarity;  idiosyncrasy;  crease;  wrinkle
 house for rent;  house to let;  building a house;  built house
 collection (e.g. of a debt);  dunning;  selection (for a position);  exceptional promotion;  fresh;  freshly picked
 carrying out one's duties;  ruling a fief;  ruling a territory given by one's liege;  territory given by one's liege;  fief
 divining sticks;  counting;  calculation
 notebook;  account book;  register
 to write down;  to note;  to jot down;  to remember
 secrecy;  confidentiality;  privacy;  one's circumstances (esp. fiscal)
 person of high rank or income
 chōnin (Edo-period social class of town-dwelling commoners, esp. landowning merchants);  townspeople;  townsfolk;  tradespeople
 debt;  loan;  liabilities;  borrowing money
 ticket;  token;  label;  tag;  sign;  card;  playing card
 between (e.g. two people);  face to face;  hindrance;  impediment;  arrhythmic section of recitative in noh music;  playing with only 2 players;  prefix used for stress or emphasis
 blackmail;  extortion;  persistent demand
 to rock the left hand (to produce vibrato on a koto, etc.)
 sorrow;  grief;  anguish;  trouble;  affliction;  anxiety
 to give birth;  to bear (child);  to lay (eggs);  to produce;  to yield;  to give rise to
 the future (usually distant);  future tense;  the world to come
 to satisfy (conditions, one's appetite, etc.);  to meet (e.g. demands);  to fulfill;  to fill (e.g. a cup);  to pack;  to supply
 pleasant feeling;  pleasant sensation;  pleasure
 without intermission for ten (long) years;  with constancy of purpose for ten (long) years;  in the same old rut for years on end
 habit;  (social) custom;  practice;  convention
 stinginess;  miserliness;  parsimony
 stinginess;  miserliness;  shabby;  cheap;  petty;  narrow-minded
 dirty;  filthy;  disordered;  messy;  indecent (language, etc.);  dirty
 counter for thin, flat things (petals, leaves, etc.)
 dear me!;  good gracious!;  well;  let me see;  now
 slanting;  tilted;  sloping;  distorted (feeling);  slanted (e.g. view of the world);  bad (mood)