rich person; wealthy person
to fall in love at first sight; (arch.) to see for the first time; (arch.) to meet for the first time; (arch.) to have sexual relations for the first time
to marry into a family of rank; to marry money
up and down; lightly; nimbly; casually; (strolling about) without a care
color of honey (colour); honey-colored; honey-coloured
to be glossy; to glisten; to shine with a luster; to look alluring; to be sexy; to be seductive
nothing new; same as always; an old story; nothing new about it; not the first time it has happened
to go ahead; to pull ahead
to accompany; to follow; to keep up with
person living with a family; lodger; housemate; flatmate; roommate
to replace; to convert; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute (person, staff member, player, etc.)
very difficult to ...; nearly impossible to ...
study; diligence; working hard; experience; knowledge; discount
to be truant; to slack off; to play hooky; to skip school; to cut class; to skip out
to be overcome with emotion
neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity
association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
for some (unspecified) reason
lamentable; deplorable; regrettable; sad; wretched
bursting with youth and energy (esp. young woman); vivaciously young; (fish) jumping around energetically (e.g. when caught in a net); bursting (e.g. seams); tight; splattering (e.g. cooking oil)
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
cackling (sound of shrill laughter)
funny story; funny anecdote
desperate; frantic; excited; worked up; heated; eager
to suffer mentally; to be in emotional pain
suckling child; babe in arms; child at the breast; baby; infant
to grow; to grow up; to be good at; to excel in
moneylending; moneylender
to return to where one came from; to return to one's parents' home (after a divorce or separation)
to profit; to get; to have (bear, beget) a child; to have a stroke of luck
town; block; street; road; chō (unit of length, approx. 109.09 m); chō (unit of land area, approx. 0.99 hectares)
snugly; neatly; compactly; cosily
head of a family; patriarch; matriarch
battle formation; camp; encampment; group; gang; war
ancestral; hereditary; handed down from generation to generation; for generations; from generation to generation
(present) head of a family
academic background; academic credentials; academic record
financial circumstances; financial situation; circulation of money
selling by the piece; selling (one's knowledge, talents, etc.) bit by bit; selling a little at a time