advice; counsel; remonstrance; recommendation
fee contingent upon success; contingency fee; completion bonus
judicial decision; judgement; judgment; sentence; decree
mime; dumb show; silent drama; pantomime
poverty; need; destitution; having great difficulty with; struggling greatly with; being in distress
to sniff out; to get wind of
how long; how far; how much
sister-in-law (spouse's older sister or older brother's wife); older stepsister; older adopted sister; non-blood-related older sister
smelling burnt; tasting burnt; having a burnt smell
gas stove; gas cooker; gas range
to warm (e.g. one's hands over a fire); to dry; to toast; to grill; to broil
arrears; (being) overdue; delay (e.g. in payment); procrastination
preparatory document; legal brief
to have no chance (of succeeding)
mean (greedy) about money; stingy
uncertain; vague; ambiguous
what happens to one today may happen to another tomorrow; misfortunes can happen to anyone
yesterday and today; only recently; just recently; only yesterday
had better ...; had better not ...
one who knows little often repeats it
pie in the sky; castles in the air; (lit.) drawing of a rice cake
member of the House of Councillors
acquisition (esp. corporate); buy-out; takeover; bribery; buying off; corruption
remote place; backcountry; the sticks; hinterland
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
the place one comes from; one's birthplace; one's hometown
isolated island; outlying island; leaving an island
dagger; stiletto; confidant; right-hand man
(not) well; (not) properly; (not) enough; (not) sufficiently
human-interest article; page-three news; police news
all's grist that comes to his mill; turn everything to good account; turn anything to profit
unconditional command; must-obey order
praise and censure; public criticisms
Kagoshima (city, prefecture)
House of Councillors election; upper house election
to pocket an insult; to choke back one's tears
without a holiday; nonstop
ordinary people; common folk; general masses; man in the street; populace at large
Japan Medical Association
it serves you (him) right; it's what you (he) deserves