plan; protocol; manifest; program
establishment; founding; incorporation (of a business)
getting rich quick; making a killing; making a fortune at a single stroke
project; enterprise; business; (arch.) act; (arch.) deed; (arch.) conduct
to vitalize (e.g. an industry); to invigorate; to energize; to establish (e.g. a company); to build up; to set up
preparatory phase; preparatory period
training period; residency (esp. medical); internship
plain; frank; candid; open; direct; straightforward
crop; harvest; income; profits; loaded (e.g. intermodal containers in the transport industry)
failure; mistake; blunder
to lay the blame on; to put the fault on
to take measures (in face of events being anticipated); to come to an agreement (in bargaining, etc.); to strike a bargain; to clap one's hands together
pretending not to know; feigning ignorance
endless; boundless; innumerable; endless; never-ending; going on forever
shell; husk; hull; pod; chaff
thinking little of one's family
being painfully-true (e.g. reprimand); making one's ears burn; striking home (e.g. remark); having an earache; feeling pain in one's ear
undesirable state brought about by (my) lack of virtue; feeling morally responsible; mea culpa
to spur (on); to expedite; to encourage
to eat oneself out of house and home; to eat up completely
racking one's brains; worrying oneself; being anxious
offer; tender; providing; sponsoring (a TV program)
(outward) appearance; (proper) format (e.g. of an essay); form; appearances; decency; lip-service
cliff edge; edge of a precipice; perilous position; critical moment; brink
painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing; exceeding
crying oneself to sleep; giving up in frustration; accepting meekly; being compelled to accept a situation
survival after defeat; decline (of a person, business, etc.); ruin
show; display; pretensions; pose (in kabuki); posture
this is why; this means; it is the case that
proposal; proposition; suggestion
trivial; not amounting to much; not enough to cause a problem; not as much as expected
following (in the footsteps of); catching up with; coming level with
over-fond parent; doting parent
coward; sissy; weakling; loser; milquetoast; good-for-nothing