I am sorry (to hear, to say, etc.); a pity
fraud; swindle; graft; saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them; flaking out
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
hospital; clinic; doctor's office; doctor's surgery; infirmary
to be crushed; to be squashed; to go bankrupt; to go under; to be ruined (of a plan); to be cancelled; to be lost (of one's voice, eyesight, sense of smell, etc.)
irresponsible management; loose management; sloppy management
at that time; at that moment; then; on that occasion
to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)
hundred million; 100,000,000; 10^8
to sell; to betray; to sell out (one's friend, country, etc.); to make (oneself) known; to establish (a reputation) for oneself; to pick (a fight, quarrel, etc.)
only; merely; but; no more than
full payment; liquidation
speciality; specialty; special subject of study; sole interest; single focus; concentrating exclusively on
engine; agency; organisation; system; facility
effect; effectiveness; efficacy; virtue; benefit
nonsense; irresponsible remark; codswallop; random; haphazard; unsystematic
story; tale; talk; discussion
gathering material (for an article, novel, etc.); collecting information; covering (an event, incident, etc.); reporting; interview (for a news story)
article; news story; report; account
please (give me); please (do for me)
to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit
feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment
I'm telling you this for your own good; here's some friendly advice
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
hah (derisively); pooh; pfft (of something disappearing); poof; huff; puff
large amount of money; great cost
to earn (income); to make (money); to score (points, victory); to gain (time); to work hard (at one's job); to labor
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
(suffering) damage; injury; harm
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow (handling, dealing with something); anyhow; one way or another
to have a talk; to tell a story
aaah!; oooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
not less than ...; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; the above; the above-mentioned
to invest in; to sink money into; to put into; to lay out (funds); to inject; to impregnate
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
cheating; fraud; trickery; fake; bogus; quack
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; (not) any
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)