heavenly voice; off the record instructions; influential person's opinion; powerful person's verdict
to be possible; to be conceivable; to be likely; to be probable
fertile; rich; productive
earnings; proceeds; returns; revenue
restoring one's impaired reputation; regaining one's honor; redeeming oneself
substantial; real (as opposed to nominal)
ray of hope; glimmer of hope
at present; currently; so far; for now; for the time being
design; idea; conception; plan
to put an end to something; to get something over with; to quit something one has been engaged in too long or to an excessive degree
offstage; backstage; behind the scenes
inside story; the real story (behind something); story not generally known
endlessly; continuously; (going) on and on; meandering; winding; sinuous
hostile party; enemy side
black and white; right and wrong
accidentally; in error; by mistake; by accident
friend and foe; enemies and allies; both sides
sounding each other out; probing each other
by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing
sleek; smooth; thin (of a liquid); without hesitation or delay
politics; political manoeuvre; political maneuver
to knock at the gate; to request an apprenticeship; to ask to be made a pupil
fragment; scrap; piece; shred
female help; female labor; woman's handwriting; (arch.) hiragana
outrageous; preposterous; most improper; most unreasonable; inexcusable; unpardonable
to be hurtful; to resonate emotionally (with one)
crystal; crystallization; crystallisation; fruits (of labor, union, etc.)
with a bang; with a bam; with a wham
klop; klunk; whonk; with a heavy impact; forcibly
ramming attack; hurling oneself (at); throwing oneself into (e.g. a role); going all out
being filled with; being full of; permeation
arrangement of stones in a garden
one place; (all in) the same place; one spot; one location; one part; one passage