paying back in installments (instalments); amortization plan (amortisation); gradual progression (oft. into an unwanted state); doing little by little; proceeding in a continual and vague fashion; gradually obscuring
spending; consumption; misappropriation; embezzlement
earning pocket money; side job
lowdown; inside information; hidden circumstances; inner curtain (in a military encampment)
inside one's heart; in one's mind
negation; denial; negative
parents and siblings; one's relatives
to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire
self-reliance; acting according to one's own ideas and beliefs
incompetent person; incapable person; person without legal capacity
to support; to maintain; to bring up; to raise; to adopt (a child); to cultivate (a habit, a quality, etc.)
one-hundredth; 0.3 mm (one-hundredth of a sun); 0.1 percent (one-hundredth of a wari); rin (monetary unit; 0.001 yen)
to count on; to expect; to put confidence in; to trust in; to depend on
to set one's hand to; to start work on; to embezzle; to use (money obtained in illegal fashion); to have sexual relations; to have an affair
means; expedient; instrument; upaya (skillful means, methods of teaching)
to condemn; to blame; to urge; to press; to torture; to torment
at this stage; at this point; (only) now
to investigate thoroughly; to examine closely; to probe into; to be obsessed with a thought; to brood over; to worry about
evasion; avoidance; recusal (of a judge)
sly; cunning; sneaky; miserly; mean; stingy
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only
one (thing); one piece; one item
back; rear; background; behind the scenes
morbid; unhealthful; insalubrious
unable to understand (reason, motive, etc.)
the dark side; the seamy side
to hint; to insinuate; to satirize; to satirise
feeling heavy in the head; heavy-headed; sick with worry
Pyramidon (brand-name aminopyrine)
to crush (with the weight of misfortune)
to meet; to face someone; to co-star; to appear together; to be matched; to face against
to be far apart (from); to be a long way off (from); to be remote; to be very different (from); to be quite unlike; to be far from (e.g. the truth)
ordinary; common; free of charge; free; unaffected; as is
novel; story; (work of) fiction
bookshelves; bookshelf; bookcase
to (call and) stop; to call (someone) to stop; to hail (e.g. a taxi)
relaxation; recreation; recess
to do together; to share; to participate in
labor; labour; toil; trouble; pains; work
to show appreciation for (efforts, esp. by someone of equal or lower status); to thank for; to reward for
valuable article; valuables
meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up
storage; preservation; stocking; hoarding (of goods or money without productive use)