poverty; need; destitution; having great difficulty with; struggling greatly with; being in distress
principal occupation; core business
blunder; miss; slip; oversight
plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme
to furnish; to install; to get someone's agreement; to patronize; to buy usually from the same store
monetary; financial; pecuniary
that; the matter in question
satisfaction; contentment; sufficient; satisfactory; satisfying (an equation)
care; attentiveness; attention; consideration (for others); solicitude
this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately
control; management (e.g. of a business)
person in charge (including a supervisory role for other staff); person responsible for ...; responsible party; supervisor; manager
(period of) a year; during an era
income; receipts; revenue
average; mean; balance; equilibrium
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
double; twice (as much); times (as much); -fold; 1-nth; 1 to n
to get in someone's pocket; to help oneself to someone's wallet; to curry favour (favor); to butter up; to get in close to one's opponent
scattering (e.g. in statistics); scatter; dispersion; variation
unconditionally; as a rule
numeral; figure; digit; numeric character
director of a district (ritsuryo system)
amount of money; sum of money
terrific; fierce; terrible; tremendous; dreadful; awful
large number (of); many; majority
god; deity; incredible; fantastic; (arch.) Emperor (of Japan); (arch.) thunder
wiles; sinister design; trick; conspiracy; intrigue
perfect; complete; flawless
two reams (of paper); 1000 sheets (of paper); stanza; verse; tribe (in taxonomy); forecast (bet); bet which predicts the top 2 finishers (i.e. quinella or perfecta bet)
to take measures (in face of events being anticipated); to come to an agreement (in bargaining, etc.); to strike a bargain; to clap one's hands together
what; how; what (a) ...!; how ...!; surprisingly; to my amazement
unhappiness; sorrow; misfortune; death (usu. of a relative); bereavement
unprecedented in history; unheard-of; epoch-making
good times; boom; (wave of) prosperity