invention; intelligent; clever; smart
draft; draught; handprint; signed hand-print; permit (for passing a barrier checkpoint during the Edo period); pass
settlement (of an account); liquidation of debts; payment
amount of trade; trade volume
every month; each month; monthly
gun; cannon; artillery; ordnance
local specialty; special product (of a region)
raw materials; ingredients
not only ... (but also); not just; as well as
industry; (arch.) livelihood; (arch.) occupation
growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
you have only to; all you have to (do); all that's required; as long as; if only
last ray of hope; only hope
to cut (cloth, paper, etc.); to cut off; to sever (ties); to break off (relations); to cut off (a supply route, enemy's retreat, etc.); to block
whole face; all over one's face
to exceed (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to surpass; to be more than; to be better than
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
to flare up; to fly into a rage
to be upset; to lose one's composure; to lose self-control; to put in disorder; to mess up; to disturb
to assume an air of ...; to act ...; to affect ...; to put on airs; to be self-important
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
underwater; behind closed doors; behind the scenes; below the surface
to forbid; to ban; to prohibit; to suppress (a feeling, laughter, etc.); to hold back (e.g. tears)
ambition; aspiration; sinister designs; treachery
to open one's eyes wide (in anger, surprise, etc.); to goggle at
to bark; to howl; to howl (of the wind); to roar (of the sea); to yell; to shout
by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking
audience (with a person of high standing); diameter of a tree trunk at eye level
unexpected; unlikely; terrible; awful; very; extremely
to bewilder; to perplex; to puzzle; to tempt; to seduce
guess; speculation; supposition
as much as one wants; as many as one wants; all that one wishes for
to curry favour (with); to play up (to); to cozy up (to); to butter up
full of confidence; brimming with (self-)confidence; having great faith in oneself
lively; vigorous; sprightly; animated; vivid
to scatter away; to fly away; to blow away; to be removed without trace; to vanish