earnings; proceeds; returns; revenue
pillar; post; support; prop; counter for buddhas, gods, nobles, etc.
to wager; to bet; to risk; to stake; to gamble
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
choices; alternatives; options
trade; business; commerce; occupation; calling; profession
hindrance; obstacle; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour
business discussion; negotiation
to take something into ...; to bring in; to lodge (a complaint); to file (a plan); to bring to (a state: tied game, vote, trial, etc.)
quality (of a product or a service)
to anticipate; to expect; to place confidence in; to put trust in; to find promising; to see good prospects (in)
won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
future prospects; promise
knowing only too well; being fully aware of
survival; survivor; relic
to make a mistake; to be incorrect; to be mistaken
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; I feel regretful; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
as ... as one can; as ... as possible; as much as possible
to have the privilege of doing
to run (a business); to operate; to carry out; to perform; to hold (a Buddhist or Shinto ceremony)
understanding; comprehension; appreciation; sympathy
great inconvenience; great deal of trouble; big nuisance; royal pain in the behind
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
difficult to ...; hard to ...
act of treachery; breach of faith; stab in the back; double-cross
on and after; as from; hereafter; thereafter; since
no matter what happens; in any circumstances; at any price
(not) ever; (not) at all; (not) on any account; deepest bottom of the earth
one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)
oh!; dear me; my goodness; well well; I say
unexpected meeting; coincidence
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
revealing (information, a secret, etc.); disclosure; telling; letting out
to have both; to possess both; to combine with
to meet fortuitously (e.g. running into an old friend); to meet by chance; to happen across
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...