securing; obtaining; ensuring; belay; belaying
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
low-priced; cheap; inexpensive; shallow (e.g. sympathy); superficial; cheap (e.g. government)
confidence; trust; faith; credit (finance)
pet saying; favorite phrase (favorite); stock phrase; manner of talking
mutual financing association
second highest division; wrestlers of the second highest division
to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to interpret; to understand
laying the groundwork; behind-the-scenes maneuvering; consensus-building process; digging around the roots of a tree (before transplanting)
to be able to manage somehow or another
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
(Buddhist) lecture meeting; religious association; mutual assistance association (i.e. for financial assistance)
to throw out one's chest; to be puffed up with pride
to lay in stock; to replenish stock; to procure; to learn; to find out; to take in
personal funds; one's own money; self-funding
without change; as is; just like; extremely similar; immediately; just after
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
to turn; to rotate; to pass around; to send around; to move (someone or something to where its needed); to send; to turn (to a new use)
(cannot) possibly; (not) by any means; (not) at all; utterly; absolutely
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
unit; denomination; credit (in school); in units of (e.g. "in thousands"); in amounts of
one place; (all in) the same place; one spot; one location; one part; one passage
why; oh; no!; quit it!; stop!
even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little
interest (on a loan, deposit, etc.)
low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); low (position); close to the ground; short (height); deep (voice); in a low key
from the place (where); from the fact that ...; caused by the fact that ...; because
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
bitter smile; wry smile; forced smile; strained laugh
thank you for your hard work; I appreciate your efforts
to show appreciation for (efforts, esp. by someone of equal or lower status); to thank for; to reward for
turning another away at the gate or front door; refusing to receive a caller
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
to turn one's head; to look over one's shoulder; to turn around; to think back (on); to reminisce; to look back (on)
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
to sell (well); to be well known; to be popular; to be famous
high; tall; expensive; high-priced; high (level); above average (in degree, quality, etc.)
programme; program; plans; arrangements
daily meals; three regular meals a day
helplessly; easily; without resistance; without regret