bribe; secret fund; slush fund; money for bribery
side job; sideline; subsidiary business
to lay in stock; to replenish stock; to procure; to learn; to find out; to take in
cargo; freight; money or assets
reliance; trust; faith; confidence
bribe; sweetener; douceur
trade; buying and selling; trafficking (e.g. of humans, arms, drugs); dealing
to handle; to manage; to deal with; to rear; to look after
hey!; wait a minute!; whoa!; boohoo; waaaa
plump; rotund; chubby; entirely; completely; wholly
smuggling; bootlegging; illicit trade
vast; huge; immense; malva nut (Sterculia lychnophora)
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
intelligence gathering; information gathering
condition; assumption; intention; intent; premise (in logic)
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion
equal; identical; the same; no different (to); just like; equivalent
one after another; in succession
to be in danger of; to be liable to
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 for a dispute (esp. one caused by an affront or blunder); money paid to settle a dispute
manner of speaking; verbal argument; objection; protesting a decision (esp. that of a sumo referee); rumor; rumour
to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire
trouble; problem; mess; difficulty; nuisance
black curtain; wirepuller; mastermind; backroom manipulator
to dream (i.e. while asleep); to have a dream; to dream (of the future); to have a fleeting experience
sorrow; grief; anguish; trouble; affliction; anxiety
pushing forward (undaunted, bravely); working vigorously towards an aim; struggling on; striving towards
answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result
member of an organized crime group; gangster; mobster; yakuza
good person; virtuous person