second level (company, etc.)
opening a business; opening a practice
disappointment; despair; despondency; broken heart; adversity
finally; after; following; at the end (of)
to close down a business; to shut a business
alias; pseudonym; pen name; nom de plume; different name; other name
store; shop; stoa (classical Greek colonnade or portico); store; Stoic
irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial
to lie on top of each other; to overlap; to pile up
to shoot through something (wall, body, etc.); to pierce (e.g. with an arrow or a look)
hard fight; close game; struggle; tight contest
profit; gains; benefit; advantage; grace (of God, Buddha, etc.) (esp. as attained through rightful actions, prayer, adherence to one's faith, etc.); blessing
half the amount (of money); half price; half fare
to suck up; to pump up; to siphon off (profits, etc.); to exploit; to take up others' opinions, hopes, etc.
greed; cruelty; callous; (arch.) insistent; (arch.) insistence
condition; term; requirement; qualification; prerequisite
headquarters; head office; main office
tightness (of money, financial conditions, etc.); pressure; stringency; being strained (of a situation); being tense; being pressing
in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely
duration; continuance; survival; persistence; retention
shift; move; (work) shift; work schedule; gearshift; changing gears
shopping; purchased goods
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
rather; sooner; preferably
business hours; opening hours; office hours
bound hand and foot; hedged in (e.g. by restrictions); immobile
to tie; to bind; to fasten; to restrict (freedom); to tie down (with rules, regulations, etc.); to fetter
comparatively high; fairly expensive
well; properly; best regards; please remember me; just like ...; as though one were ...
to fold (clothes, umbrella); to close (a shop, business); to vacate
reading while standing (in a bookstore, etc.); browsing (i.e. reading an item but not buying it)
office worker; company employee; company man; salaryman (stereotypical Japanese office worker)
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
to remain unsold; to be left on the shelf
looking for a particular person or thing; searching high and low; hunting for; picking out; singling out
past middle age; nearing old age; near-elderly; age 40