to spare; to grudge; to regret; to lament; to be reluctant (to do); to be unwilling
recruitment; invitation; raising (funds, donations, etc.); collection; flotation (of shares, loans, etc.)
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
to do everything in one's power; to do all one can; to leave nothing undone; to exhaust one's resources
before one knows it; before one realises; without one's knowledge; without noticing
acquisition (esp. corporate); buy-out; takeover; bribery; buying off; corruption
pig farm; hog farm; piggery
arriving first; first to arrive; moving first
discount; reduction; rebate; tenths discounted; tenths reduced
to call in; to invite; to bring in
to hand (over); to deliver in person
fox (esp. the red fox, Vulpes vulpes); fox (i.e. a sly person); soba or udon topped with deep-fried tofu; light brown; golden brown
actual spot; scene (of a crime, accident, etc.); (on) site; (on) the ground; filming location; (movie) set
briskly; quickly; promptly
reputation; (public) estimation; rumour; rumor; fame; notoriety
part-time job; side job; part-time worker; albite
cooperation; collaboration; association; community; communal use; common possession
business; enterprise; venture; (social) project; undertaking; enterprise
exhibition; display; putting on show
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
with a start; with a jump
to melt; to liquefy; to dissolve (in a liquid); to be soluble (in); to be used up (of money or time); to be wasted
container; case; receptacle; coffin; casket
farming out (all of a project) to subcontractors; hundred-percent outsourcing; leaving (a responsibility) entirely to someone else; offloading (a problem, work, etc.); wholesale delegation
naturally; of course; understandably
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
leisurely; slowly; soon; shortly; here and there; scattered
to melt; to liquefy; to dissolve (in a liquid); to bring into solution; to lose (money; through gambling, etc.); to squander
deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing; one's work
thawing; defrosting; decompression (of data); extraction; unpacking
selling out; being sold out
one thing or another; this and that; something or another
favourable; favorable; promising; satisfactory; in good shape
celebratory drink; celebratory spirits; holiday cheer
to taste; to savor; to appreciate; to enjoy; to experience; to go through
skillful; skilled; proficient; flattery