(corporate) bankruptcy; insolvency; commercial failure; failed business
night flight (without paying); skipping out by night; moonlight flit
elegance; grace; article; item; counter for items (of food, etc.); counter for dishes or courses (at a restaurant)
to take on; to undertake; to take over; to inherit; to guarantee; to vouch for
huge; enormous; great big
abdomen; belly; womb; one's mind; one's real intentions; courage; nerve
to sell off; to sell completely
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
operation; functioning; running
hour; o'clock; (specified) time; when ...; during ...
counter for waves (of a repeated occurrence)
interference; intervention; meddling
action; operation; effect; function
empty air; sky; shunyata; emptiness; air force; fruitlessness; meaninglessness
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
search (esp. for someone or something missing); manhunt; legally authorized search of a person, building, etc.
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
characteristic; traditional; peculiar; inherent; native; eigen-
offset; offsetting each other; cancelling each other out; set-off; setoff
to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)
under (influence, control, conditions, etc. of); during (war, occupation, etc.)
certain; sure; doubtless; I have no doubt; You can depend on it; It's a safe bet
to be self-complacent; to be conceited; to flatter oneself; to be full of oneself
extent; scope; sphere; range; span
reserve; spare; preparation; preliminaries
military force; force of arms; strength of an army
being reluctant to give out (pay, provide, etc.); giving out grudgingly
exit; gateway; way out; outlet; vent; leak
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
to fall down; to fall over; to turn out; to play out; to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism); to apostatize
mouth; opening; hole; mouth (of a bottle); spout; gate; door
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
klop; klunk; whonk; with a heavy impact; forcibly
chic; smart; understanding; considerate; familiar with worldly pleasures (esp. sexual relations, geisha districts and red-light districts)
commander; general; leader