home position; origin; usual place (for something)
to rest (from work, studying, etc.); to take a break
to support (someone) financially; to finance; to supply (money); to present (money or gifts) to a monarch (feudal lord, etc.)
to flick off; to give (someone) the flick; to send (something) flying; to hit (a person); to knock down
to be scattered about; to disperse; to be littered (with)
solid; robust; tight; taut; shrewd; calculating
unreasonable; irrational; outrageous; absurd
to get stuck with (some job); to end up with (something unpleasant)
to experience (something unpleasant); to go through; to suffer
to make sure of; to ascertain; to see with one's own eyes; to watch to the end; to watch to make sure (that)
to drive away; to order off; to chase away; to force into an unpleasant situation (bankruptcy, prostitution, suicide, etc.)
look of amazement; looking dumbfounded
to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)
to incur the wrath of the gods (e.g. by doing something immoral); to incur divine punishment; to pay for one's sins
to demand gratitude; to do something for someone in order to create an obligation of gratitude from that person
steady; sound; stable; safe (e.g. business); reliable; trustworthy
loss and gain; advantage and disadvantage
outflow; effluence; efflux; outflow (of people, capital, etc.); drain (of gold, talent, etc. from a country); leak (e.g. of personal information)
to tie; to fasten; to wear (necktie, belt); to put on; to total; to sum; to be strict with
purchase; buying; buying used articles as a company; trade-in; purchase on a no-return policy; lump-sum payment
plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme
in accordance with; following; roughly; about; Street; Avenue
nail; spike; tack; rivet; brad; (pachinko) pin
grain thief; sharpened tube for testing rice in bags; sashimi (sliced raw fish); stabbing; piercing
to beat around the bush; to not speak frankly; to talk in a roundabout way
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
by any standard; (not) even as flattery
law; rule; regulation; destiny; fate; karma
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
La forza del destino (opera by Verdi); The Force of Destiny
support; backing; patronage
being too late; losing one's final chance
to become rusted together; to become rusted shut; to rust; to become (completely) rusty; to become rusty (of a skill or ability); to become less effective
gear; cogwheel; cog (in an organization, company, etc.); cog in the machine