clearing one's throat; cough
clearing out people (from a room, etc.); ordering people to leave
turning someone away (at the front door); refusing a visitor; rejecting without consideration; denying without substantial investigation; being chased away from a magistrate's office's gate (lightest punishment during the Edo period)
ashibarai; foot sweep; sweeping one's opponent's legs from under them (judo, etc.)
payment in advance; advance payment; prepayment
driving off a troublesome person; getting rid of a nuisance
payment in advance; advance payment; payment on delivery (e.g. business-reply mail, collect phone calls); forerunner
repaying a debt after achieving success; promise to repay a debt after achieving success
payment by installments; payment by instalments; hire-purchase
exorcism; ceremonial cleansing from evil influence; exorcism performed door to door, in exchange for beans and money (on the night of New Year's Eve or Setsubun)
cash payment; paying in cash
payment on delivery; cash on delivery; COD
daily wages; payment by the day
overpayment; paying too much
banishment from one's residence as a form of judicial punishment
lump-sum payment; paying the entire sum in one transaction
avoiding the summer heat; beating the summer heat
refusing to see a visitor
revolving payments; payment via multiple installments
advance payment; up-front payment; prepayment
paying with a (credit, debit) card; card payment
paying in monthly installments (instalments); monthly payments
paying loan installments whenever one happens to have money (instalments)
temporary advance (of money)
revolving payments; payment via multiple installments
loan, credit card, etc. arrangement where one makes an extra payment on receiving a bonus
automatic teller machine; ATM
yearly payment; annual payment
paying in monthly installments (instalments); monthly payments
prepayment (of postage, shipping, etc.)
biannual payment; semiannual payment; semestral payment
advance payment on behalf of a third party (with expectation that it will be reimbursed)
temporary advance (of money)
lump-sum payment; paying in a lump sum
one-time payment; lump-sum payment
payment for products (e.g. online orders) at a convenience store; convenience store payment
payment on an installment system; payment on an instalment system; easy payment plan
payment in advance; advance payment; prepayment
sight bill; demand bill; demand draft
exporting on a deferred-payment basis
exile from Kyoto (Edo-period punishment)
paying upon checking in (as opposed to at the time of booking); pay at property
paying (what one owes); properly paying (for services, etc. rendered)
brush for dusting off clothes
clearance sale; warehouse sale
seasonal payment; payment made at the Bon festival; year-end payment
stripping a samurai of clothes and swords and exiling him naked (Edo-period punishment)