competent; suitable; qualified
relationship of mutual trust; fiduciary relation
overestimation; overrating; overvaluing
to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home
meaningfully (smiling, grinning, etc.); suggestively; broadly; sneeringly
to blurt out; to let slip; to say inadvertently; to come out with (e.g. nonsense)
loss and gain; advantage and disadvantage
individual; separate; personal; case-by-case
from now; from this moment; henceforth
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only
leaving as is; leaving alone; leaving unattended; neglecting; abandoning
starting work (on); setting to work (on); commencing (a crime); playing (a move)
halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked
both; both sides; both parties
(good) result; outcome; fruits (of one's labors); product; accomplishment
apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal
straight-laced person; stubborn person
unworthy; unbecoming; improper
complex; complicated; intricate; mixed (feelings)
not counted (in the score); not tallied
position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view
good fortune (esp. omikuji fortune-telling result); good luck; auspiciousness; unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)
older sister; lass; young lady
freckle; lentigo; ephelis; (arch.) buckwheat chaff
on the gentle side; somewhat meek; rather quiet
to look after; to take care of; to be put in charge of; to be given responsibility for; to withhold (an announcement); to reserve (judgment)
to be; to come; to go; to be (doing)
discomfort; inconvenience; poverty; want; inability; disability
drink money; alcohol expenses; tip; gratuity
control; management (e.g. of a business)
banknote; bill; note; paper money
stone; rock; jewel; precious stone; flint (in a lighter); (round) game piece
sen (hundredth of a yen); coin made of non-precious materials; one-thousandth of a kan (as a unit of currency); (arch.) one-thousandth of a kan (as a unit of mass)
one yen; throughout (an area); whole district
conversion (e.g. yen to dollars); change; exchange; translation (numerical)
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
spread (e.g. of a disease); rampancy; infestation; proliferation; being widespread
reaction; response; reaction
to be lost in lust for riches; to throw all caution and conscience away in pursuit of riches
miser; cheapskate; scrooge
abruptly; suddenly; all of a sudden; without warning
yen (currency of Japan); circle
large amount of money; great cost
whole life; a lifetime; all through life; (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life