aspiration; volunteering; desire; application
we; us; I; me; my store (business, etc.)
proposal; offer; request; application
management; administration; operation; running (business); conducting
magnification; enlargement; expansion; amplification
lump-sum purchase; bulk purchase; group purchase
godsend; lifesaver; timely offer; windfall
to be born (with); to be born (to be); to be destined
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
other intention; hidden purpose; ulterior motive; ill will; malice
price; cost; charge; consideration (in a contract)
moral duty; moral obligations; justification; pretext; just cause
(sea) voyage; navigation; sailing; passage; cruise
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
obligation; favour; favor; debt of gratitude
possessed of a strong sense of duty
decisively; decidedly; boldly; precisely; exactly
making a loss; incurring a deficit
to garnish; to accompany (as a card does a gift); to add to as support; to prop up; to accompany (as an aid, guide, translator, etc.); (arch.) to mimic
slowly; unhurriedly; easily (e.g. in time); well; well (e.g. sleep); comfortably
to fold up; to fold into layers
to hang oneself; to strangle oneself
(being in) the red; deficit; red letter; red writing; corrections (by a teacher or proofreader) written in red
to get information out of a person; to begin listening
within the borders of a country; domestic soil; inland; interior; Japan proper (as opposed to its overseas colonies); homeland
to cross the ocean (i.e. to go to or come from overseas)
to lay in stock; to replenish stock; to procure; to learn; to find out; to take in
to jump up; to spring up; to jump (market, price, etc.); to rise sharply; to act rashly; to jump the gun
actual place; actual location; the spot; place where one is currently living
to catch; to capture; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street); towards (someone); at (someone)
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
influential person; man of importance
black person; (arch.) woman in the nightlife business; (arch.) demimondaine; (arch.) geisha and prostitutes
influential; prominent; strong; likely; plausible