good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
sneer; derision; scornful laugh; cold smile
back; reverse; rear side; height; stature; ridge (of a mountain)
to be left without means of sustenance; to be turned adrift in the streets; to be rendered homeless; to be out in the cold; to be down and out
life and death; samsara (cycle of death and rebirth); death
to profit; to get; to have (bear, beget) a child; to have a stroke of luck
no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
(social) standing; status; identity; birth; one's circumstances; one's means
income; receipts; revenue
graduate of the same school; fellow alumnus; (former) schoolmate
to think over; to ponder; to ruminate; to reflect
without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory
thoroughly; completely; severely; harshly; (arch.) scattered; (arch.) disconnected
aim; object; expectations; prospects; something that can be relied upon; snack served with alcoholic drink; pad
fraud; swindle; graft; saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them
construction; architecture (of buildings)
administrative; managerial; operational
shady; underhanded; questionable
company; corporation; workplace
to create a debt in one's favor (e.g. by doing someone a favor); to create an obligation in one's favor
exemplar; model; example; pattern
staff member; station employee; official
to tailor; to make (clothing); to train; to bring up; to make it seem like; to pass off
recuperation; medical treatment
holiday; day off; furlough; absence (from work)
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
readiness; preparedness; resolution; resignation
weird; ominous; eerie; uncanny; ghastly
to shrink; to contract; to diminish (in size)
Kansai; region consisting of Osaka, Kobe, Kyoto and surrounding prefectures; Kansai; south-western half of Japan (during the feudal era)
orders; instructions; directive; command
letter; note; epistle; correspondence
corpse; kanji "corpse" radical
to hurry; to rush; to hasten; to make something happen sooner