string; cord; man who is financially dependent on a woman; gigolo; restrictions; conditions
remuneration; recompense; reward; toll
to air; to dry; to drain (off); to drink up; to deprive of a role, job, etc.
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)
how many people; a number of people
enough; sufficient; sufficiently; fully; division into ten
such; like that; that sort of; very
local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift
originally; essentially; naturally; in the first place; to begin with
(raised) footpath between rice fields; ridge between rice fields
to be blessed with; to be rich in; to abound in
(growing) quickly (esp. children, plants); (developing) quickly; fast; rapidly
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
poor; needy; lacking (quantity and quality-wise); poor; scanty
important; significant; precious; valuable; careful
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
these days; nowadays; recently
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
system; institution; organization; organisation
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
one's possessions; ownership
dot; spot; mark (in an exam, etc.); grade; point (in a game); score; point (in geometry)
to be used up; to be run out; to be exhausted; to be consumed; to come to an end
century; era; of the century (e.g. fight of the century)
crowd of people; great number of people; in great numbers
to occupy; to hold; to account for; to make up; to take up
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
thirtieth day of the month; thirty days
sixth day of the month; six days
spring, summer, autumn (fall) and winter; the four seasons
environment; circumstance
to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
incident; affair; happening; event
certain; sure; doubtless; I have no doubt; You can depend on it; It's a safe bet