kitchen; financial situation
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
shame; embarrassment; disgrace
to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
making do; getting by (somehow); managing
(my) wife; inside the home; one's family
fool; idiot; dotage; senility; touched in the head (from); out of it (from)
expressing one's mind; speaking out
to be needed; to be wanted
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
the way one talks; one's way of speaking
preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)
at the critical moment; when the time comes; when it's most important; when necessary; in an emergency; when push comes to shove
for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of
honorific/polite/humble prefix
moneylending; moneylender
what with this and that; for a number of reasons
small; fine; minute; stingy; cheap
victory celebration party; victory banquet
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
feeling guilty; having a guilty conscience; having qualms about
shot; charge; blow; punch; home run; try
large hole; big deficit; heavy losses; long-shot win (in horse racing, etc.); big winnings (on a long shot)
pontoon bridge; floating bridge; bridge (of a ship)
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
all that one has; all that there is; the whole
single; simple; singles (tennis, badminton, etc.); win bet (bet which predicts the winner of a race)
chances of winning (a bet); odds
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
steady; firm; solid; secure
will not do; do not; does not
confidence; trust; faith; credit (finance)
abruptly; suddenly; all of a sudden; without warning
anyhow; in any case; at any rate; at best; at most
to lose; to miss (a change, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)