wealthy; rich; affluent; well-off
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
to impress; to move one's heart; to touch (a person's heart)
shopping; purchased goods
anyhow; in any case; at any rate; at best; at most
to be lit (e.g. electricity comes on); to be lighted; to catch fire
minimum; at the very least
absolutely; unconditionally; never (with neg. verb)
study; diligence; discount; reduction
future (usually near); prospects
trivial; not amounting to much; not a big deal
to get angry; to snap; to blow one's top; to lose one's temper; to flip
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
to walk away; to walk off
man; male; masculine gender
to run counter to; to go against; to disobey; to infringe
education; schooling; training; culture; cultivation; education
to take (someone) away; to carry off; to abduct; to kidnap
to do as one wishes; to act as one wills
false accusation; pretext; picking a quarrel; committing oneself
to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
free (of charge); gratuitous
to make sure of; to assure oneself of; to see with one's own eyes; to ascertain
to ascertain; to make sure of; to determine; to probe; to get to the bottom (of something)
to confute; to argue down; to persuade; to convince; to prevail on
to do for (someone); to take in; to deceive; to hoodwink
business ability; business acumen
handshake; reconciliation; joining hands; cooperation
to pant (while rushing); to gasp; to puff and blow
confluence (of rivers); merge (of traffic); conflux; union (e.g. of forces); linking up; merging
complication; intricacy; involution; to become complicated; to get entangled
influential person; man of importance
house; one's house; one's home; one's family
trot; half run; jog; girl in charge of menial tasks in a samurai family