parent; parents; dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
(telephone) call; (telephone) ring; shout; call; call loan (e.g. 30-day call); call money
(flower) bud; promising young person; budding beauty
hungrily; greedily; voraciously; ravenously
correct; right; correct interpretation (answer, solution)
not a chance; you wish!; that's not going to happen; that won't work
careful; cautious; prudent; discreet; deliberate
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
even so; all the same; nevertheless; yes, but ...
that's good; that's nice; like (on social media); is that clear?; OK?
confident; assured; self-assured; bullish (e.g. market)
folding; bending; wrapping; packing; folding (in poker)
declaration; proclamation; announcement
release (e.g. information); disclosure (legal); show; indication; display
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something
alternation; change; relief; relay; shift; substitution (sports, etc.)
raising (bet); raising (object); lifting; raising (topic); bringing up; raising (children); rearing
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
timid; weak-kneed; fainthearted; bearish (e.g. market)
(your) words; what you say; what you have said; a few words (of welcome, advice, etc.)
to be wildly different; to be on a completely different scale; to be in a different league; to be poles apart; to stand no comparison; (lit.) to be on a different order of magnitude
My goodness!; Good lord!; Holy cow!
securing; obtaining; ensuring; belay; belaying
definitely; absolutely; without doubt; absolute; unconditional
release; emission; ejection
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber
to profit; to get; to have (bear, beget) a child; to have a stroke of luck
Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence
splendid; fine; praiseworthy; creditable; legal; legitimate
independence; self-reliance; independence (e.g. of a nation); freedom; separation; isolation