pipe; tube; (tobacco) pipe; cigarette holder; go-between; intermediary
of course; certainly; naturally
rival; competitor; competition
to kick down; to oust (a rival) to advance oneself; to push (someone) aside to get ahead
business; enterprise; venture; (social) project; undertaking; enterprise
expansion; extension; enlargement; escape; ESC
to put on weight; to gain weight; to grow fat; to get stout
abundant; ample; plentiful; lustrous; glossy
bribe; secret fund; slush fund; money for bribery
side job; sideline; subsidiary business
to buy (stock, materials, etc.); to purchase; to lay in; to get; to obtain
cargo; freight; money or assets
trust (in); confidence; faith; reliance
bribe; sweetener; douceur
within the country; inside the county; domestic; home; internal
trade; buying and selling; trafficking (e.g. of humans, arms, drugs); dealing
to handle; to manage; to deal with; to rear; to look after
this is why; that is the reason why; it is the case that; so; thus; with that
hey!; wait a minute!; whoa!; boohoo; waaaa
plump; rotund; chubby; entirely; completely; wholly
illicit sale; smuggling; bootlegging; trafficking
vast; huge; immense; malva nut (Scaphium affine)
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome
rivalry; feud; conflict; dispute; struggle; strife
intelligence gathering; information gathering
condition; assumption; intention; intent; premise
excluding; except (for); apart from; outside (a boundary, scope, etc.)
distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion
equal; identical; the same; no different (from); just like; equivalent
(appearing, occurring) one after another
to be in danger of; to be liable to; to be at risk of
lesson; precept; teachings; moral
good story; heartwarming story; good prospect (e.g. marriage, business)
it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?
therefore; for that reason; such being the case
settlement (of a dispute); making amends; settling a score; money paid to settle a dispute
manner of speaking; verbal argument; objection; protesting a decision (esp. that of a sumo referee); rumor; rumour