pirate; sea robber; buccaneer; freebooter
sushi; anything made with vinegared rice (may also contain vegetables, spices, fish, or other delicacies)
chain (bicycle, measuring, tire, etc.); chain (store, hotel, etc.)
company president; manager; director
tuna (edible fish, Thunnus spp.); tunny; Pacific bluefin tuna (edible fish, Thunnus orientalis); dead lay; starfish
fishing; gathering seafood (e.g. clams, seaweed); catch (e.g. of fish); haul
change of occupation; career change
and then; in addition to that; also; even so
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
sitting cross-legged (i.e. Indian style)
management; (executive) staff; leaders; leadership; top brass; upper echelons
dependents; family members that one has to support; encumbrances; things that tie one down
to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)
blood relationship; blood relations; being genetically related
to point; to nominate; to select someone; to identify; to indicate; to play (a game of shogi)
university or college offering four-year programs; the big four ...; the four major ...
Western goods; Western things; imported goods
abduction; kidnapping; kidnaping
several times; once or twice
drug cartel; drug ring; drug syndicate
threat; menace; coercion; terrorism
way; method; means; resource; course
to be much obliged (to someone); to receive favor (favour); to be indebted; to be grateful
to say; to tell; to state; to do
something or other; one thing or another; this or that
matter of time; question of time
to refuse; to reject; to decline; to prevent (from doing); to deny (e.g. access); to block