large seal; large stamp; seal of approval; guarantee; endorsement
fortune; fate; chance; coincidence; (stroke of) luck
construction worker; laborer; labourer; navvy
tiny area; tiny surface; (lit.) cat's forehead
to keep one's feet on the ground; to be down to earth
good young man; agreeable youth
National Aeronautics and Space Administration; NASA
swindler; fraudster; trickster; con man
private; non-governmental; non-official; folk; popular
receiving in advance (e.g. wages, interest); taking before others; anticipation; being ahead of (e.g. the times); prefetch; anticipatory completion (i.e. finishing another's sentence)
to coax; to cajole; to wheedle; to roll up and put into (something); to bundle up
long ago; a long time ago; already
territory; domain; dominion; possession; sphere of action
self-justification; excuse
mincing; chopping finely; short and repeated (movements; e.g. trembling, quick steps); gradual; bit by bit
covering (a loss, deficit, etc.); making up (for); compensating (for); supplementation
mortgage; right of pledge; lien
title deed; certificate of title
commission; proxy; power of attorney; authorization
(having) life-and-death power (over)
moneylending; moneylender
small amount; jot; nothing much; (to a) slight degree; wee bit
consumer financing firm; loan shark
Homo economicus; economic human; financial expert; businessperson
credit transaction; dealings on credit; margin transaction; margin trading
bright sunshine; broad daylight
to violate the law; to have a brush with the law; to have a run-in with the law
ripening (of a crop); crop; harvest
antipathy; reluctance; resistance
city centre (esp. of Tokyo); heart of a city; downtown area
rising; ascending; climbing
integration; unification; unity; combination; consolidation; synthesis
to bear fruit; to produce fruit