voice; speech; sound of a voice; sound (e.g. of a TV)
screen (of a TV, computer, etc.); image (on a screen); picture; surface of a painting (picture, drawing, etc.)
guidance; leading (the way); information; notice; announcement (of one's arrival); invitation
pay; salary; wages; allowance; grant; supply
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
one (esp. of two); the other; on the one hand; on the other hand; whereas; although
showy; loud; gay; flashy; gaudy
(way of) life; living; livelihood; life circumstances
water supply; water service; channel; strait; water course; waterway
debit; withdrawal; pulling (one's opponent) down; frontal pull-down; hiki-otoshi
to add; to add up; to increase; to gather (e.g. speed); to include; to count in
income; receipts; revenue
approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction
periodic; regular; routine
to get back; to regain; to recover; to make up (for); to catch up on
to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to act as innocent
reward money; reward; honorarium
deciding first; settling (a matter) first; first priority
to connect; to link together; to tie; to fasten; to maintain; to preserve
put; place; leave; do (in preparation)
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
to backfire; to have a harmful result
moving about in confusion; going every which way; going this way and that
way; method; means; resource; course
at least; at most; (even) just
front-facing; forward-looking; positive; constructive
to hold out (e.g. against an attack); to hang on; to withstand; to endure; to last
in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely
legal office; law office; legal department
series; chain; two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper); verse; stanza
blackmail; extortion; threat (to extort money)
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
to put clothes on (someone); to dress; to cover; to coat; to pin (e.g. a crime on someone); to lay (blame)
black curtain; wirepuller; mastermind; backroom manipulator
proof; testimony; demonstration; verification; certification
to dedicate; to make an offering; to supply; to store; to finish; to bring to a close; to restore (something to its place)
to take; to carry (something) away; to bear