business; trade; operations; sales
thousands; several thousand
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat
enterprise; business; company; corporation
transfiguration; transformation; change of appearance
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
splendid; fine; praiseworthy; creditable; legal; legitimate
to sever relations (with somebody; esp. a relative or spouse); to break off (with)
to jump out; to rush out; to appear (suddenly); to protrude; to project; to butt in
news (from someone); word; letter; tidings; contact
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
remarks; comments; way of talking; speaking style; excuse; topic (of conversation)
fate; destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together); relationship (e.g. between two people); bond; family ties; affinity; opportunity
to seem to be ...; to become like ...; to behave as ...
sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement
environment; circumstance
education; schooling; training; culture; cultivation; education
those (near the second person)
gold (Au); golden (color); valuable; of highest value; money; gold coin; Friday
this is why; this means; it is the case that
as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
all; altogether; entirely; exactly like; just like; spitting image of
to finger; to touch; to make changes to; to tinker with; to dabble in; to do as a hobby
great erudition; extensive knowledge; vast stock of knowledge
to hang; to droop; to give (e.g. lesson, instruction, scolding) (to someone of lower status); to confer; to drip; to ooze; to leave behind (at death)
exorbitant; outrageous; ridiculous; absurd; excessive; inordinate
to roll up; to hoist; to take away; to rip off (e.g. money from someone); to blow up (dust)
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
to make an appearance; to show up
leaving hospital; discharge from hospital
to break through (e.g. one's doubts); to become unbound by (e.g. the past); to allay (e.g. anger); to burst (e.g. a boil)
to be attached; to be connected with; to remain imprinted; to scar; to bear (fruit, interest, etc.); to be acquired (of a habit, ability, etc.); to increase (of strength, etc.)
work of art the creator has confidence in; work one is proud of
split among friends; falling out; internal discord
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall