company; association; regional Chinese god of the earth (or a village built in its honour); counter for companies, shrines, etc.
just before; on the verge of; on the brink of; just in front of; just ahead of
management; administration; operation; running (business); conducting
to recover; to rally; to improve; to pick up
large amount of money; great cost
to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)
secrecy; confidentiality; one's circumstances (esp. fiscal); kitchen
to sell off; to sell completely
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
being elected; being selected (to win a prize, etc.); winning (in a lottery, raffle, etc.)
shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; background; behind the scenes
person who has rendered distinguished service
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
boss; leader; head; boss (difficult enemy, usu. at the end of a section or level)
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
to shut in; to confine; to contain
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
to betray; to turn traitor to; to double-cross
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
theory; doctrine; opinion; view; rumour; rumor
eternity; perpetuity; permanence; immortality
to celebrate; to congratulate; to present (a gift) in celebration; to drink in celebration; to wish for (a happy future, good fortune, etc.); to pray for
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
before long; soon; almost; nearly; finally; in the end
to leave this world; to die
genuine article; real thing; real deal
underworld; underside of society
in succession; one by one
I see; that's right; indeed
just now; at this moment; at this point of time
one's possessions; ownership
establishment; creation; posing (a problem); options setting; preference settings; configuration
be (that) as it may; having said that
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
society; the world; the times