noun:

• eating the first meal of soft rice (himeii) after the traditional hard rice of New Year (kowaii) ➜ 強飯・姫飯
• first intercourse of the New Year
• loss of virginity; loss of maidenhead - slang

~する verb (spec.) / intransitive verb:

• to be hard pressed; to be at a loss
• to become poor; to be reduced to poverty

adjectival noun:

• rock hard; stiff and unyielding (personality)

noun:

• clangor

noun:

• hard ball to hit; bad pitch

noun:

• expensive money; dear money; high interest

noun:

• money-worshiper

adjectival noun / noun:

• hard to reach place; remote place

noun:

• money management fund; MMF

noun:

• hard line terminator - IT term

noun:

• money transferred

noun:

• prize money; reward

expression / godan ~つ verb:

• to repine at one's hard lot

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to let money lie idle

noun:

• money-exchange business

adverb / ~と adverb:

• (rubbing, twisting) hard; with a squeal; with a creak - onomatopoeia ➜ きゅっと
• (drinking) in one sweep - onomatopoeia ➜ きゅっと

noun / ~の noun:

• running out of money

expression:

• A virtuous person does (should) not commit an act that offends his moral principles no matter how hard pressed he may be - four character idiom

expression / adjective:

• hard of hearing ➜ 耳が遠い

noun:

• waste of money ➜ 安物買いの銭失い【やすものがいのぜにうしない】

noun:

• hard training

noun:

• idle money; idle capital

noun:

• money temporarily receipted

noun:

• dear money policy

noun:

• money supply ➜ マネーサプライ

noun:

• small amount of money (to buy sandals or cover travel expenses); small farewell gift