grounds; foundation; authority; support; prop; something upon which to rely
to tie; to fasten; to hitch; to secure (trust, patronage of customers, etc.); to keep (an employee, someone's interest, etc.); to save (someone's life)
impostor; imposter; pretender; liar
acquisition (esp. corporate); buy-out; takeover; bribery; buying off; corruption
to be boiled; to be cooked
to run out of; to dry up; to be depleted; to hit the bottom; to bottom out
plump; rotund; chubby; entirely; completely; wholly
good fortune (esp. omikuji fortune-telling result); good luck; auspiciousness; unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)
to maintain itself; to last; to make itself pay; to make a living; to keep going
to be crowded with people; to be bustling with; to prosper; to flourish; to do thriving business
being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter
looking upon (someone) as an enemy; regarding as an enemy; being hostile toward
growth; development; one's early life; upbringing; personal history
to grow up; to become an adult; to become big; to grow in size
weak person; the weak; vulnerable person; disadvantaged person
unbearable; intolerable; unendurable
half and half; fifty-fifty
emptiness; hollowness; vacancy; inanity; pointlessness; meaninglessness
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it; that sort of (thing mentioned immediately prior)
space; room; vacancy; opening; free time; time to spare
well-balanced; considerate; of fine character
cooperative body; cooperative system; collective; community
to sew; to stitch; to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)
major surgery; major operation
bounce; spring; momentum; impetus; moment; instant
to babble in one's cups; to ramble drunkenly
helping each other; supporting each other; mutual cooperation; give and take; reciprocity; interdependence
fortune; fate; chance; coincidence; (stroke of) luck
seeing the light; being awakened to the truth; having the scales fall from one's eyes
deep impression; being deeply moved; being deeply touched
sticking to (an opinion, theory, belief, etc.); clinging to; adherence; persistence; insistence
choking; suffocating; stifling; oppressive; heavy
binding (someone) hand and foot; being tied down (by rules, obligations, etc.)
fortune; property; life circumstances; finances; one's worth; one's merit
sound; sure; safe; steady; firm
needle (compass, gauge, etc.); hand (clock); indicator; guiding principle; guideline; guide
off the mark; off base; misdirected; irrelevant
verge of death; dying moments
to smirk; to grin broadly
winners (those who have succeeded socially, economically, etc.)