place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
... being the case; (precisely) because ...; as might be expected from ...
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
especially; particularly; surely; clearly; as if; as though
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
admiration; being impressed; admirable; praiseworthy; astonishment; being appalled
to continue; to keep up; to keep on
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
getting rich quick; making a killing; making a fortune at a single stroke
town; block; street; road; 109.09 m; 0.99 hectares
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
introduction; presentation; referral; listing
pay; salary; wages; allowance; grant; supply
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
to rescue from; to help out of; to save
temporary personnel business; temporary personnel agency; temporary help business
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
taking a cut (of someone else's money); taking a rake-off; pocketing a kickback; skimming (a percentage of the profits, proceeds, etc.)
chief; main; principal; important
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
to be silent; to say nothing
there being no use in arguing (about it)
collection (of fees, taxes, etc.); levy
royalty and titled nobility
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
contribution (to a temple, shrine, etc.); donation
to consist of; to be made up of; to be concluded (e.g. of an agreement); to hold true (e.g. of a theory); to be viable (of a business, lifestyle, etc.); to carry on
source of funds; resources; finances
small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
hard (life); tough (world)
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor