broke; poor; short; skint; having no money
funny; amusing; strange; odd; wrong; unsuitable
sometimes; occasionally; now and then; from time to time
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
gold (metal); gold (color); gold (medal); first place (prize); something of great value; something golden (e.g. silence); money
steady; sound; stable; safe (e.g. business); reliable; trustworthy
what proportion; what percentage
payment (to the government, authorities, etc.); land tax (often paid in rice); tribute
to lose sight of (one's companions); to stray from; to miss (one's chance to ...)
choices; alternatives; options
distinctive of; characteristic of; uniquely applying to; but; except; without
byway; bypath; byroad; loophole; way out (of trouble); excuse
exclusive; attached to; specialist
ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)
shipyard; dock yard; shipbuilding yard
contract; compact; agreement
one move (in go, shogi, etc.); only way; only means; doing alone; doing single-handed
to take on; to undertake; to take over; to inherit; to guarantee; to vouch for
rotation (of a post, role, etc.); taking turns
please; if you would; somehow or other; one way or another; whether (or not); if
to one's regret; regrettably; unfortunately; what can be done about ...; ... cannot be helped
spacious; roomy; large; extensive (business, dealings, etc.); large (scale); broad
weir; bonds; fetters; ties of obligation
merchant; trader; tradesman; dealer; shopkeeper
restriction; restraint; limitation; limit
wealthy person; millionaire
to gather up; to scrape up together; to rake
to swell up; to bulge; to swell (of a budget, population, etc.); to increase significantly; to balloon
reduction; curtailment; cut; cutback; scaling down; contraction
to let go of; to release; to part with (e.g. a possession); to relinquish; to send away (e.g. one's child); to let go
consists of; comprises; is made up of
family business; family trade; one's occupation; one's trade
outside of one's area of expertise; outside one's field
lots of; a ton of; a mountain of; piles of; heaps of; so many
to get used to living (in); to live (somewhere) for a long time
withdrawal (e.g. from an organization); secession; leaving; pulling out
stone (of a fruit); pit; core (of an organization, team, etc.); nucleus; nuclear weapons; nucleus (of an atom); nucleus (of a cell)
to lead; to spearhead (a group); to command (troops)
going to and fro; back and forth
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
around here; hereabouts; (around) this point; about now