gold (Au); golden (color); valuable; of highest value; money; gold coin; Friday
to earn (income); to make (money); to score (points, victory); to gain (time); to work hard (at one's job); to labor
going on and on (about inconsequential things); talking nonsense; idling away the time; dawdling
promptly; immediately; quickly; indifferently
understood; I see; OK; present; here
to talk; to chat; to chatter
to sink (e.g. a ship); to submerge; to lower (e.g. one's body into a chair); to floor (an opponent)
he; she; this; this one; Hey, you!; You bastard!
ear; hearing; edge; crust; selvedge (non-fray machined edge of fabrics); selvage
to be possible to say; to be able to say; (arch.) said; (arch.) have said
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude
to get angry; to take offense; to take offence; to be furious
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
to contain; to comprise; to hold in the mouth; to bear in mind; to understand; to express (emotion, etc.)
quite; entirely; completely; as if; as though; just like
to come to a dead end; to come to a standstill; to reach a deadlock; to reach an impasse; to reach a stalemate
irritation; annoyance; frustration
to be tired of looking at
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
already; now; no longer; not any more
as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now
family; members of a family
crash; smash; crunch; bang; breaking sound
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
(place of) refuge; escape; exit; way out; shelter; hiding place
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
observation; survey; watching
resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
dying; death; dead; useless; damned
and yet; though; when; in spite of
to carry on; to go on with one's life; to keep alive; to stay alive; to survive
courage; bravery; valour; valor; nerve; boldness
all talk; glib; insincere; empty; specious
to say; to be called; to do
to suffer; to groan; to be worried
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
Tokushima (city, prefecture)
secret; private; surreptitious