promoting; increase; advance
method of treatment; cure; remedy
complete cure; radical cure; complete recovery
everything turning out fine; the whole thing being settled
by reading books you can count the wise philosophers of the past as friends
using mind, mouth and eyes to understand a book fully
shaku (unit of distance approximately equal to 30.3 cm); rule; measure; length
move with haste (when you have no doubts)
to make something look better; to put into (good, better) shape; to put up a front; to pose; to pretend
defect; fault; flaw; deformity; deficiency; shortage
to lead; to take the lead (in doing something); to precede; to go before; to die before (esp. one's spouse, parents, etc.); to be a prerequisite
the wherewithal; means; the money (needed to do something)
to take more time than expected; to take a long time; to be delayed
having no money; lack of money
makings (of); aptitude; talent; nature; character; temperament
remaining amount; balance (of an account)
hand-me-down; food offering to the gods; leftovers; trip from Kyoto to the provinces
handsome youth (male); pretty boy
bugling (sound); honking; grumbling; complaining; car; automobile
house hunting; searching an entire house; searching a house thoroughly
cache; place to hide something
male who likes comics depicting male homosexual love (usually targeted to women)
to deprecate oneself and praise the listener; to abase oneself
statutory interest; legal interest; interest set by law
top of the foot; instep; dorsum of the foot; dorsum pedis
tip of nose; before one's eyes; under one's nose; tip (of something)
to have a nosebleed; to bleed at the nose
assertiveness; positiveness; initiative; spirit of enterprise
violently; without holding anything back; firmly; resolutely
bank employee; bank staff member; bank clerk
debit; withdrawal; pulling (one's opponent) down; frontal pull-down; hiki-otoshi
dealing appropriately (with a situation); taking proper measures; handling (an issue) carefully; making the best of (a bad bargain)
wardrobe (esp. for Western clothes); chest of drawers; clothespress; dresser; tallboy
cicada; locust; small-sized pulley
six; six years of age; six o'clock (old time system)
to be evasive; to give an evasive answer; to speak ambiguously; to prevaricate; to cook up a specious story to get out of an uncomfortable situation; to make do with
to screw; to twist; to distort; to parody; to torture; to wrest
weight-loss exercises; weight-loss body movements
inquiry into; enquiry into; prying (into); investigation; search; exploration
you're welcome; don't mention it; not at all; my pleasure