illicit manufacturing; illicit distilling; moonshining
repair; mending; fixing; servicing
trader; dealer; businessperson; fellow trader; people in the same trade
in a few days; in the near future; soon; one of these days
Japan Agricultural Cooperatives (JA)
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
announcement of time; time signal; news report; newsletter
supporting role (actor); minor role
battle formation; camp; encampment; group; gang; war
bad(-tasting); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
seven wonders (of a particular area); total mystery; enigma; conundrum
established practice; custom
close examination; careful investigation; investigation of a crime; inquiry into someone's guilt; winner (of the most rounds, i.e. a full game); (arch.) reciting and appreciating traditional poetry
outline; summary; gist; basic points
character; personality; (fictional) character; character
essence; true nature; substance; reality
(necessary) personnel; required person
to displease; to offend; to hurt (a person's) feelings
denouement; ending; conclusion; (grand) finale
to be careful; to pay attention; to take care
natural disaster; natural calamity; act of God
defense; defence; protecting; preventing
person who died for a cause; guinea pig (for a new product or service); test subject; hitobashira; ritual human sacrifice by burying a living person under or near a large-scale construction project to invoke divine protection
blueprint; cyanotype; blueprint (for the future); plan
with a click; with a clink; with a snap; firmly; tightly; compactly
loss; defeat; counter for losses
cloud; (the) cloud; cloud computing; cloud service; crowd
cool; stylish; good-looking; fashionable; sexy
attractive middle-aged man
punishment; judgement; judgment; decapitation
follow-up service; after-sales follow up
what kind of; whatever sort of; no matter what; however much
to tie up (roughly; esp. to prevent escape); to bind; to arrest
squelching; gurgling; bubbling; raking in (money); rolling in; hand over fist