to fold one's arms; to stand and watch (without interfering); to stand idly by; to lie in wait; to be ready and waiting
(one's) superior; (one's) boss; the higher-ups
poor person; pauper; the poor; the indigent
unmarried person; bachelor; spinster
to have a family (e.g. wife or husband and children); to raise a family
unmarried person living affluently
ruin; fall; collapse; downfall; bankruptcy
retort; back talk; backchat
orca (Orcinus orca); killer whale; grampus; mythical carp with the head of a lion and the body of a fish (auspicious protectors of well-being)
harmless but pointless; neither bad nor good
muddy water; red-light district
recklessness; rashness; foolhardiness; temerity; (lit.) without watching where one is going
prison sentence (without a stay of execution)
continuously; throughout; in succession
spirit (e.g. human spirit); soul; spirit; ghost; ethereal being
to insure (something); to come up with a back-up plan; to hedge one's bets; to play it safe
to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses
work-in-progress; working state
for better or worse; for good and bad; regardless of merit; both good and bad
out of luck; (at the) end of one's rope
undeserved good luck; luck of the devil; dumb luck; bad luck
long, narrow strip of paper on which Japanese poems are written (vertically); tanzaku; thin rectangle
secret passage; underground passage; loophole; hole one can go through; opening
crisp; crunchy; precise; clipped; brisk
to follow someone's last wishes; to fulfil a dying wish
spraying; sprayer; atomizer; atomiser
retirement (from work); leading a quiet life (after retirement); retired person; retiree; surrendering headship of the family (pre-WWII)
tenacious; persevering; persistent; sticky
lapse of memory; forgetting completely; (consigning to) oblivion
to cut and even up; to cut several pieces to the same size
circle; "correct"; "good"; *; _; period
nothing in particular; none in particular
independence; autonomy; self-reliance
leaving a club; quitting a club
buying and reading (book, magazine, etc.); subscribing (incl. free subscriptions); taking (e.g. newspaper)
close friend; bosom friend; buddy; crony; chum
yakisoba; fried noodles, usu. with vegetables and meat