exemption from responsibility; disclaimer
votive picture (originally of horse)
to shake; to sway; to waver
fraudulent accounting; window-dressing settlement of accounts; creative accounting
the future; future prospects
(somebody else's) parents; both parents
to maintain itself; to last; to make itself pay; to make a living; to keep going
which (of three or more); well; now; c'mon
insurance payout; insurance money
to clear up; to clear away; to refresh (e.g. spirits); to be cleared (e.g. of a suspicion); to be dispelled; to be banished
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
to apologize; to apologise
to prepare; to provide; to set up; to establish; to organize
advance notice; previous note; preliminary announcement; trailer (film, TV); preview
series; chain; two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper); verse; stanza
to behave; to conduct oneself; to entertain; to treat someone (to a drink); to make tea for someone (tea ceremony)
to notice; to recognize; to recognise; to become aware of; to perceive; to realize
to arrange beforehand; to make a sign to each other; to conspire
production (e.g. play); direction
to keep away; to keep at a distance
to take by deception; to defraud someone of; to swindle someone out of; to cheat someone out of
hypothesis; supposition; assumption; tentative theory
right beside; close to; nearby
black-market lending; illegal loan
trader; dealer; businessperson; fellow trader; people in the same trade
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
to be at a loss; to be puzzled
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
to herd; to drive; to corner; to force someone into doing; to go hard; to push yourself
one's whole heart; everything one feels
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
bōryokudan; gangster organization (organisation); crime syndicate; yakuza
starting a business; promotion of enterprise
cleaning up somebody else's mess; carrying the can; ass-wiping; arse-wiping
to be crushed; to be smashed; to become useless; to cease functioning; to go bankrupt; to go out of business
to graduate from a university
wisdom; jnana (higher knowledge)