safe; strongbox; cashbox; depository; cash office; treasury
environment; surroundings; circumstances
confident; assured; self-assured; bullish
two sheets (of paper or other flat objects)
food, clothing and shelter; necessities of life
arrangement; preparations; search (by police)
treatment; reception; service; working conditions; salary; pay
pish; pooh; I see; oh; indeed
to hang one's head; to droop one's head
covering the costs oneself; paying (the full amount) oneself
per month; monthly installment plan; monthly instalment plan
postwar period; period after Second World War
spread (e.g. of a disease); rampancy; infestation; proliferation; being widespread
(period of) a year; during the era (of)
every year; yearly; annually
continuation; continuance; maintenance; persistence; going on
propriety; right and wrong; advisability; pro and con; ayes and noes
to look at again; to re-examine (policy, estimate, plan, etc.); to review; to get a better opinion of; to see in a more positive light; to improve
while looking on in blank amazement; before one's very eyes; before one knew what was happening
sweet (e.g. young girls, flowers blooming); touchingly lovely; cute; pitiful; pitiable
one grain; one drop; one bead
strawberry (esp. the garden strawberry, Fragaria x ananassa); 15,000 yen
to be unable to do; to find something difficult to do
declining; refusal; rejection; announcement; notice
to follow in order; to go through step-by-step
final; eventual; ultimate
interest; eagerness; enthusiasm
courtyard; quadrangle; middle court
four corners; four ordinal directions
circulation; rotation; cycle; loop
something used to cover the eyes; blindfold; blinder; concealing one's home such that the interior cannot be seen from outside
to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent
to cut (grass, hair, etc.); to mow; to clip; to trim; to prune; to shear
being dotted about; being scattered; being interspersed
removal; taking away; dismantling (a building, facilities, etc.); withdrawal (of troops)
to fill to capacity; to pack; to complete; to tessellate