office hours; business hours; working hours
irregularity; unsteadiness; disorderly
to build; to construct; to erect; to amass (e.g. fortune); to pile up
hearing (of a statement, opinion, explanation, etc.); asking; questioning (e.g. a suspect); listening (e.g. to the radio)
counterfeit paper money; forged document
How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?
to mourn; to lament; to be sorry; to regret; to repent
things left (to one) by the deceased; inherited item; estate; lost item; lost property
overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed
to pull out; to draw out; to disconnect; to steal contents of; to pilfer (from); to pickpocket
insufficient; inadequate; imperfect
one's business; reading of scriptures before a (statue of) Buddha; bargain; discount; (arch.) money paid to a prostitute or geisha
that kind of; that way; that move; that trick; that game
to be lost in lust for riches; to throw all caution and conscience away in pursuit of riches
in truth; in actuality; at heart; the truth; the real story
to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)
in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely
discussion; talk; tête-à-tête; conference
thoroughly; completely; severely; harshly; (arch.) scattered; (arch.) disconnected
to work (someone) hard; to push (someone) around
you must be kidding; hey, come on!; surely not!
hogging; having all to oneself; monopolising; monopolizing
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
(social) position; status
to go to the top; to climb to the top; to ascend to the top; to be engrossed in; to be very enthusiastic about; to be infatuated with
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
please!; I'm asking you; for heaven's sake
to follow (road); to pursue (course); to follow up; to follow (hyperlink)
column; beam; girder; digit; decade; order of magnitude
to have an idea; to have a clue
important; significant; precious; valuable; careful
model; pattern; paragon; exemplar
July; seventh month of the lunar calendar
nineteenth day of the month; nineteen days; (arch.) fool; (arch.) simpleton
deposit; payment; money received; money due