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young CEO; young company president
withdrawal (of money); payment; contribution; investment; financing
mean (greedy) about money; stingy
influential; powerful; popular; prosperous; doing well
(phenomenon of) precession of the equinoxes
desirable prey; easy game; easy mark; easy prey; easy target
to get away without consequences; to get off scot-free
Pocky (biscuit stick coated with chocolate, strawberry, etc.)
real estate company; real estate firm; property firm
nakedness; nudity; bareness; nakedness; being penniless; concealing nothing
to make trouble; to break down; to be out of order
paltry sum of money; small change; odd money; pittance; chicken feed
mumbling; muttering; complaining (continuously) about something
impossible to do (although wants to)
to beg; to pester; to plead; to coax; to hound; to importune
social status; social position
premature; untimely (e.g. death); early
enmity; antagonism; hostility
adulterous partner (in a relationship); adulterous lover
final scene; the end; finale
settlement for a dispute (esp. one caused by an affront or blunder); money paid to settle a dispute
intelligence operative; spy
thoughtless; rash; hasty; imprudent
patron (of the arts, an artist, etc.); patroness; sugar daddy; man who provides for a woman (e.g. a geisha); patron; master
wicked person; evil person; scoundrel; bad thing; mischief
to be away from home; to be out of the house
blackmail; extortion; threat (to extort money)
to sense; to suspect; to get an inkling (of something); to get wind of; to smell (e.g. danger); to become aware of (e.g. a plot)
hindrance; obstacle; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour
to entrust; to leave to a person
economic slump; hard times; poor (business); dull; gloomy; cheerless
to strike back at; to bite back; to turn on; to rise against; to oppose; to defy
listening device; bug; wiretap
payment; bill; sweeping; clearing away; sweeping stroke (e.g. when writing kanji)
delivery; transfer; hand-over
to intrude; to butt in; to meddle; to be forward; to be self-assertive; to show off