remarkable ability; mastery; brilliant technique; go-getter; resourceful person; wizard
fantastic; grotesque; strange-looking; suspicious-looking
sone (unit of perceived loudness)
straightforwardly; readily; without hesitation
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
to sound together; to vibrate mutually; to reverberate
worn-out; ragged; crumbling; dry and crumbly; falling (in drops or clumps); scattering
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext; excuse; grounds (for)
purpose for which money is spent; the way money is spent; how goods are used
to grant (a request); to accept; to hear (a prayer); to comply with (a demand)
cliff; precipice; precipice; brink of a dangerous situation
trifling; trivial; slight
rumbling (of thunder, one's stomach, etc.); grumbling; rolling (of something large and heavy); tumbling; all over the place; everywhere; idly
remnants of an enemy army
high-pressure selling; aggressive peddling; the hard sell; forcing on someone (e.g. kindness)
to negotiate (with someone about); to talk over (something with); to tackle someone (about); to throw on each other; to splash (water) on each other; to pour on each other
having serious consequences; costing dearly; cannot get away with it; for free; for nothing; easily
(the) haves; those who have
highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period); main road; highway (e.g. to success); path (to becoming ...); subdistrict (in China)
(distant) howling; howl; backbiting; criticizing someone behind their back
one side; one party; the other side; one (of a pair); the other (one); the mate
one's best interests; one's own good
financing company; credit firm
reversal; return; return gift; return favour; barb (on a fishing hook); mixture of soy sauce, sugar and mirin
payment by installments; payment by instalments; hire-purchase
to tear off; to pluck off; to take forcibly
(intentional) overcharging; rip-off; highway robbery
blame; censure; rebuke; reproof
contrivance; managing (to raise money); one's financial condition
administration of justice; judicature
police substation; residential police box
exile; banishment; eviction; elimination (e.g. of poverty); removal
discouragement; disappointment