adultery; immorality; impropriety; (an) affair
reliance; trust; faith; confidence
abasement; fall; forfeiture; sinking (in people's estimation)
to follow in succession; to happen one after another
deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing
racking one's brains; worrying oneself; being anxious
opportunity; chance; folding; fold; small food box (wooden or cardboard); folding in ... (two, three, etc.); counter for folded items
toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything
doctor; PhD; exposition; fair; exhibition
right (to do something); authority; power
(in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of; (at) the height of
(personal) background check
gap; space; break; interlude; chink (in one's armor, armour); chance
executive meeting; meeting of the board of directors
lunch break; noon recess; noon rest period
ryotei; traditional Japanese restaurant (esp. a luxurious one)
with a friendly grin; smilingly
near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly
busiest and most profitable business period; peak season
preference; priority; precedence
sensual love; love affair
to profit; to get; to have (bear, beget) a child; to have a stroke of luck
putting money aside; savings; deposit (e.g. in a bank); accumulated surplus of wins; wins in the bank
brand; make; description; trading name of stocks and securities
men and women; man and woman; both sexes; both genders
to lay in stock; to replenish stock; to procure; to learn; to find out; to take in
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
counter for articles; counter for military units; individual
forwarding agency; express company
to go around; to return; to surround; to concern (usu. of disputes)
dispute; strife; quarrel; dissension; conflict; rivalry
fierce (fight, competition, etc.); severe; hot; hard; bitter; keen
to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to investigate thoroughly; to master
to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal