lunch break; noon recess; noon rest period
cash; ready money; money on hand; mercenary; self-interested; calculating
registered mail for the purpose of sending money
(the) positive; yang (in Chinese divination); the open; visible place
for now; for the time being; for the present; though not quite satisfactorily; after a fashion
(villains) of the same stripe; birds of a feather; (lit.) badgers of the same hole
to be anxious (about); to be concerned (about); to think out (e.g. a plan); to work out; to investigate
harsh tasting; strongly alkaline tasting; excessively strong-willed; fiercely individualistic; strongly idiosyncratic
manner (with others); attitude
one thing after another; out of the frying pan and into the fire
beginning of the year; early in the New Year
bank; banking institution
to be fated; to be linked by fate
to rebuild; to reconstruct
establishing; founding; setting up; organizing; establishment
silver (Ag); silver (color); silver (medal, prize, etc.); silver coin; silver general; bank; (arch.) money
hundred million; 100,000,000; 10^8
debt; liabilities; obligation to a person or party (usu. legal or contractual)
interest (on a loan, deposit etc.)
repayment; reimbursement; refund; redemption
diligent; absorbed (in something)
number of cases, incidents, items, messages, accounts, etc.
big; large; drastic; full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)
division (of a larger group); branch; field; class (subclass); group; category
economic difficulties; financial difficulties; fiscal difficulties
five times (as much); quintuple; fivefold
to supply (goods, money, etc.); to cover (costs); to pay; to give board; to provide meals
major subject; special study
to get involved (with); to begin (with); to have a hand (in)
notable; important; chief; valuable; conspicuous; outstanding
residing; living; dwelling
to be started; to get underway
early on; earlier on; from early
to search about for; to hunt around for; to look high and low for; to look everywhere for
a touch (of sadness, unease, etc.); a tinge (of); a hint (of); a smear (of paint, ink, etc.); one stroke (of a brush)
safe tile; tile that may be discarded without risking benefiting an opponent; no-risk choice; easily handled person
foot of a mountain; base of a mountain; mine; colliery; owner of a mountain; operator of a mine
assistant professor; associate professor
speaker; lecturer; lecturer (at a university or college); instructor; part-time teacher; tutor (at a cram school)