to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become skilled in; to become experienced at; to become tame; to become domesticated
speculation; venture; stockjobbing; gambling (on stocks)
business; enterprise; venture; (social) project; undertaking; enterprise
to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into
unemployment; losing one's job; becoming unemployed
to get dirty; to become dirty; to become sullied; to become corrupted; to lose one's chastity
saber (cavalry sword); sabre
abacus; soroban; calculation (esp. of profit and loss); reckoning
to take home; to carry home; to bring back home; to take out (e.g. food)
conversion; diversion; changeover; commutation; switchover
colony; (Japanese) settlement (in Brazil)
to abandon; to throw away; to discard; to forsake
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
turning point; transition phase
gas (as a fuel); gas (state of matter); poison gas; dense fog; thick fog; gas stove; gas cooker
expansion; swelling; increase; growth
rate; ratio; proportion; percentage
economic strength; economic power; economic might
to swell up; to bulge; to swell (of a budget, population, etc.); to increase significantly; to balloon
honor; honour; glory; (arch.) prosperity
new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (of China; 9-23 CE)
to be better (than); to be superior; to surpass; to excel; to be excellent
to explain; to preach; to advocate; to persuade; to prevail upon; to reason with
shock (emotional); shock (physical); impact; crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; (circulatory) shock
important point; emphasis; iteration mark; colon (punctuation)
February and August (months when business is generally at its slowest)
great war; great battle; world war
smell; scent; aura; whiff; faint, mist-like pattern along the temper line of a Japanese sword
near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively; extreme
intuition; instinct; hunch
memory; recollection; remembrance; memory; storage
quick; speedy; prompt; rapid; swift
injured person; wounded person
participant; entrant; player; competitor