secrecy; confidentiality; one's circumstances (esp. fiscal); kitchen
secrecy; confidentiality; privacy; one's circumstances (esp. fiscal)
firm (market); bullish; strong (sales, economy, etc.); steady; sound
close friend; bosom friend; buddy; crony; chum
combat; battle; action; active service; actual fighting
serving concurrently as; concurrently holding the position of; holding the additional post of; additional post
to be based on; to take into account; to build upon; to have one's feet firmly planted on; to plant oneself on
to make an appeal; to urge
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
occupied taxi; full-scale car (vs model)
roundabout; indirect; circuitous; ignorant (of the world)
practical; realistic; pragmatic
doubtful; questionable; uncertain; disputable; suspicious
relation; relative; kind; cordial
detour; circuitous route; diversion
to resign; to retire; to quit; to leave (one's job, etc.)
comfortable (to live in); snug; cozy; cosy
to dam up; to hold back; to keep back; to stem (an activity); to check (e.g. progress)
to look at from the outside; to view from an outsider's perspective; to be seen from the point of view of an onlooker
to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore someone's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task
haughty; arrogant; insolent; proud; overbearing
therefore; consequently; accordingly; for that reason
to use excessively; to use too much; to spend too much; to overwork someone
in proportion to; according to; depending on
factory manager; plant superintendent; works manager
diversion (e.g. of funds); appropriation; misappropriation; making use of (for another purpose); reuse; repurpose
to be able to manage somehow or other
soon; shortly; before long
turning someone away (at the front door); refusing a visitor; rejecting without consideration; denying without substantial investigation; being chased away from a magistrate's office's gate (lightest punishment during the Edo period)
fruition; fructification; bearing fruit; bearing fruit (of efforts, plans, etc.); coming to fruition; yielding success
hundred points; perfect mark
looking; viewing; (please) try (to)
minute; detailed; careful; scrupulous; thorough
exaggeration; overstatement; saying too much; misstatement; slip of the tongue; gaffe