transactions; dealings; business
merchant; trader; expert (in a trade or profession); professional; woman working in the nightlife business (bar or nightclub hostess, geisha, etc.); demimondaine
birth; lineage; identity; background; provenance; origin
securing; obtaining; ensuring; belay; belaying
fixed; settled; constant; definite; uniform; regularized
convenience; user-friendliness
seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
suddenly (appear, stick out); abruptly; unexpectedly; (stand) still and expressionless; imposingly
to project; to stick out; to stand out
bill (at a restaurant); check
gauntlet (used in Kendo); bracer; fencing glove
previous time; last time; previous installment; previous instalment; previous session
huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!
at once; immediately; right now
(death from) starvation; starving to death
level; standard; level (plane); floor; spirit level; (surveyor's) level
outline; main points; generally; on the whole; general; rough
death from prostration; death from emaciation
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
article specially made to order; made-to-measure (custom-made) article
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
just; justifiable; right; due; proper; equitable
valuation; appraisal; evaluation; appreciation; recognition; acknowledgement
every evening; every night
keep ...-ing; have been ...-ing; leaving (something) on; leaving (something) still in use
from now; from the present moment; from this time forward; henceforth
to get back; to regain; to recover; to make up (for); to catch up on
if (it) doesn't exist; if there is no ...; if not ...; unless ...; have to ...; must ...
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
endurance contest; test of endurance
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
injustice; impropriety; unreasonableness; undeserved; unfair; invalid
demand; firm request; requisition; requirement; desire
to respond; to satisfy; to accept; to comply with; to apply for
to accept; to receive (an application); to (be able to) take (food, medicine, etc.); to bear; to be affected by; to take damage from
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)