guardians; parents; father and older brother
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
loss-making corporation; money-losing enterprise; lossmaker
(corporate) bankruptcy; insolvency; commercial failure; failed business
it's different when ... but; it's not so bad when ... but
individual; private person; personal; private
circumstances; condition; to arrange; to manage; to lend money; to raise money
economic; financial; fiscal
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
closing of a school; closed school
idea; plan; draft; rough copy; expectation; (arch.) desk
motion (i.e. proposal to a committee, etc.)
denotes uncertainty; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; A and B and the like
municipality; local government; self-governing body; autonomous body
necessary; indispensable; must-have; must; juice of grapes or other fruit prior to fermentation into wine
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
to lose (something); to mislay; to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove
staff member; employee; worker; personnel
guarantee; security; assurance; pledge; warranty
(piece of) rope; ordinary method
perhaps; probably; generous; many; much
to exchange glances; to look at each other; to postpone; to put off; to contrast; to compare
possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together; both
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
estrangement; alienation; neglecting to stay in contact
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
heir; inheritor; successor
to ask; to enquire; to query
tearing; ripping; crunching; munching; stiff; starchy; (working) hard
clearly; distinctly; vividly
to be foolish; to be stupid; to be ridiculous
deadly serious; deadly earnest
no; that's wrong; it's not like that; isn't it?; wasn't it?