to be well-known; to be famous
secret; secrecy; mystery; secret (e.g. to success); esoteric teachings
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
to have an eye on; to zero in on
never (even in error); never, ever; never, no matter what happens; by no means
nevertheless; at any rate; even so; all things considered; be that as it may
how; in what way; how (much); to what extent; however (much); no matter how
money monger; money-happy person; person who is money-mad; money-grubber
even though; despite; notwithstanding
(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
even if; even though; even; too; whether ... or ...; no matter (what, where, who, etc.)
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
to have a smattering knowledge of
vague recollection; faint memory
money-making; commercialized; commercialised
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
emergency; extraordinary; unusual
atrocious crime; heinous crime
itself; one's own body; oneself; originally; naturally
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
to crawl; to creep; to slither; to wriggle; to trail (of vines, flowers, etc.); to spread
the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since
low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); low (position); close to the ground; short (height); deep (voice); in a low key
among (other things); especially; particularly; inter alia; above all (else)
custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example
what kind of; what sort of; what; how; in what way
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
shameless; shameless person
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
announcement; presentation; demonstration; displaying; showing; introducing
delivery; transfer; hand-over
in case of; at that time; at this time
to make an appearance; to show up
neck; bottleneck; obstruction; neckline
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
payment made via bank deposit transfer; discarding a tile that becomes another player's winning tile
to finish; to get it over with; to settle; to pay back; to get along (without something); to make do with (without)