large enterprise; big business; large undertaking
confinement; imprisonment; incarceration
seeing through (e.g. someone's lies); reading (e.g. thoughts); penetrating; detecting
finally; after great pains; at last; just barely
(among) one's friends; (within) one's circle
sole; single; solo; independence; singleness; singularity
slightly difficult; somewhat bothersome; troublesome; peevish; querulous
admonition; remonstrance; expostulation
anything and everything; from top to toe; from A to Z
confirmed as completed; everything must go (e.g. in a sale)
to be brought forward (e.g. by three hours); to be moved up; to be hasty; to be rash; to quicken; to speed up
family circle; one's circle (of friends, co-workers, etc.); private matters; internal affairs; conservative (e.g. estimate); moderate
before it becomes (verb); before (an undesirable thing occurs)
to feel like an idiot; to make a fool of yourself
morning fog; morning mist
intoxication; being fascinated (by); being carried away (by); being enraptured (by)
ongoing; in progress; afoot
grumbling; complaining; muttering; crumpling (e.g. paper)
(advance) notice; preliminary announcement; warning; trailer (for a film, TV show, etc.)
to become thin; to lose weight; to slim; to become impoverished (of soil); to become sterile; to become infertile
to become completely dry; to dry out; to dry up; to parch
half a lifetime; half one's life; one's life so far
tough guy; wild one; veteran (in a particular field); expert; person of surprising audacity; someone with a lot of nerve
set; suit; uniform collection; entirely; all; every one
fleeing from one's country; seeking asylum; defection; emigration (for political reasons); (going into) exile; becoming a (political) refugee
prevention is better than cure; an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure; look before you leap; forewarned is forearmed; a stitch in time saves nine; (lit.) a walking stick before stumbling
tone (of voice); parlance; style; intonation; accent
pouring one's energy into; focusing one's efforts on; concentrating on; committing oneself to
heir; successor; family estate; family fortune; headship of a family
movements; bearing; deportment; farewell dinner (given by someone about to leave on a trip)
to be sore; to be inflamed; to be bleary; to be dissipated; to be dissolute; to indulge in
nobleman's illegitimate child
immorality; iniquity; impropriety
laughingstock; object of ridicule
to bare one's fangs; to snarl (at)
talent; gift; function; noh (theatre)
bookstore; bookshop; publisher; main building
definite; certain; decided; fixed; settled
lion; left-hand (stone) guardian lion-dog at a Shinto shrine
sky; the skies; high-altitude sky; upper air
revolution; rotation; turning; turning (an aircraft or ship)