casual income; extraordinary revenue; incidental income; nonrecurring income; perquisite
promise; agreement; appointment; engagement; convention; rule
private; confidential; informal; secret; (within the) family circle; (on the) inside
announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known
(formal) announcement; unveiling; introduction; debut
on the occasion of; at the time of
seeing off and meeting on return
request; commission; entrusting (with a matter); dependence; reliance
three generations; three periods; third generation
on the occasion of; at the time of
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
to carry on one's shoulder; to shoulder; to bear; to bear (a burden, responsibility, etc.); to take upon oneself
social standing of a family; lineage; parentage; good family
member; participant; attendee; lineup (sport)
yakuman; win worth 32000 points (or, if dealer, 48000 points)
decision; settlement; confirmation; establishment
troublesome; bothersome; tiresome; annoying
very improbable; vanishingly unlikely; only with a miracle
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
close relation (association)
to throw away as useless; to scrap; to make null and void; to renege; to annul
influential; prominent; leading; strong; powerful; likely
approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction
family; relatives; dependents; household
stripping (of rights, rank, etc.); deprivation; forfeit; revocation; divestiture
while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily
suspicion will raise bogies; once you suspect something, everything else will look suspicious; jumping at shadows
useless; no future in it; doesn't make sense; having no point
no matter what; whatever happens; in any situation; rain or shine
person concerned; interested party; related party
here and there; this way and that way; everywhere; all over
period; time; opportunity; chance; age; term (e.g. in office); session (e.g. of parliament)
to make; to manufacture; to build; to construct; to prepare; to get ready; to dress (oneself in)
extremely; exceptionally; extraordinarily; terribly; super
article; thing; object; property; real estate
before; prior to; ago; the past; before; previously
vigilantly (watching for an opportunity); eagerly; with an eagle eye