temple; shrine; hall; company; (arch.) front room
shopkeeper; storekeeper; proprietor of a shop
good-natured person; good person; (one's) lover; boyfriend; girlfriend
early; a little earlier than usual; a little faster than usual; slightly quicker
reservation; appointment; contract; subscription; programming (e.g. a device); setting (e.g. a timer)
extraordinary; special; exceptional; non-standard grammatical construction; ungrammatical usage; solecism
discount; reduction; rebate; tenths discounted; tenths reduced
night flight (without paying); skipping out by night; moonlight flit
expresses a firm view or feeling; please ...; would you ...
courtyard; quadrangle; middle court
carrying in (esp. heavy objects, artwork, furniture); bringing in; taking in
trader; dealer; businessperson; fellow trader; people in the same trade
(just) making sure; just to be sure; just in case; for caution's sake
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
season (period in which regulated games are played); season (division of the year); season (of a TV show, etc.); season (for doing something, e.g. ski season, entrance examination season)
advance payment; money paid in advance
to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)
small mercy (from some misfortune); silver lining of a dark cloud; consolation in sadness; blessing in disguise
to exceed the budget; to overrun the budget; to have a deficit; to have a secret revealed
to be in danger of; to be liable to
review; reconsideration; revision
inevitable; necessary; foregone; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
so much (something) as to (e.g. so moved as to cry); overwhelmed; carried away; because of too much
(fictional) character; character; personality; persona
main question; real issue at hand
introduction; presentation; referral; listing
to assume the posture of praying; to press the palms and fingers of both hands together; to beg; to make a supplication; to see (something or someone of high status)
ritual prayer; invocation of the gods participating in a rite; congratulatory address
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
tsk tsk; oh-oh; huh; what's that?
association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
disorderly; messy; absurd; unreasonable; very; extremely
affinity; compatibility; chemistry (between people)
looking good; sounding good; (of) good appearance
have to (verb); must (verb); is indispensable; absolutely necessary
again (and again); once again; yet again; (there you go) again
forbidding to speak; muzzling (a person); bribing into secrecy; hush money