to enclose; to surround; to shelter (e.g. a criminal); to shield; to keep (e.g. a mistress); to store (vegetables, fruit, etc.)
number two; mistress; concubine
tatami mat (esp. as a measure of room size, either 1.82 sqm or 1.54 sqm)
kitchen; financial situation
storage room; store room; lumber room
new building; new construction
being (somewhere); sitting
dangerous; risky; in danger; in jeopardy; uncertain; unreliable
willful; wilful; selfish; carefree; do-as-you-please; freewheeling
compulsion; coercion; forcing (to do); enforcement
force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
master (of a house, shop, etc.); husband; sir; boss; patron of a mistress, geisha, bar or nightclub hostess; sugar daddy
clincher; pick-up line; honeyed phrase; telling phrase; phrase that brings someone around, esp. in personal relationships
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
rendezvous; tryst; (lover's) meeting; (secret) date
to facilitate; to make easy; to simplify
to drive in (e.g. nail, stake); to hammer in; to hit (a ball, etc.); to drive; to fire into (e.g. a crowd); to launch (e.g. missiles); to input (data)
(not) always; (not) necessarily; (not) entirely; (not) all
so to speak; so to call it; as it were
should; must; -able; probably; likely
lingering attachment; lingering affection; regret; reluctance; ruefulness
to grow cold (from room temperature, e.g. in refrigerator); to get chilly; to cool down
past middle age; nearing old age; near-elderly; age 40
thirst; craving; thirst (for love, knowledge, etc.); hunger
in terms of; from the point of view of
to amass; to accumulate; to store; to leave unpaid
pocket money; spending money; pin money; allowance
convenient; handy; useful
monetary; financial; pecuniary
shrewdly; smartly; calculatingly; astutely; cunningly
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
debt; loan; liabilities; borrowing money
how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
entry (in a form, register, diary, etc.); filling in; filling out
once in a while; occasionally; seldom; at long intervals
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
grunt; grumble; pimples; spots; cutting into small pieces; simmering
to hesitate; to hold back; to be reluctant; to be unwilling; to have loose painful bowel movement; to suffer from tenesmus
some; any; please; anyway; anyhow