at a stroke; with a single swoop
plan; project; attempt; plot; scheme; undertaking
to knit; to plait; to braid; to compile (anthology, dictionary, etc.); to edit
shady; underhanded; questionable
business; trade; operations; sales
acting as agent; acting on (someone's) behalf; executing business for
business trip; official trip
on the way back; returning
outside the city area; suburbs
ambush; lying in wait for an ambush
expression; look; countenance; face
plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme
execution (e.g. of a plan); carrying out; practice; action; implementation; fulfillment
business; thing to be done; something that should be performed; information that should be conveyed
meeting (face-to-face); seeing; visit; interview
wound suffered in a fight
something unusual; something wrong; mishap; accident; serious condition (e.g. after an injury); different situation
first of all; at once; right away; for now; for the time being
to bring (somebody into a place); to lead into
secret; private; surreptitious
to offer (a suggestion, etc.); to propose (an idea, etc.); to approach with (a proposal, etc.)
by (means of); by doing; due to; via; through
deficit; shortage; loss; being partially broken; being partially missing; being partially removed
calamity; misfortune; disaster
strictly; severely; rigidly
outstandingly; extraordinarily; exceptionally
confidence; trust; faith; credit (finance)
fiction; made-up story; fable; fabrication; myth
backdoor; rear entrance; rear exit; unauthorized; illicit; illegal
to conceal oneself; to hide; to endure; to bear; to stand
anger; rage; resentment; indignation; exasperation
to scuttle off; to take flight
to make something one's own; to appropriate for oneself
needle; pin; hook; stinger; thorn; hand (e.g. clock, etc.); pointer
note left by a dead person; suicide note; testamentary letter; posthumous work
devising (a way); contriving; device; design; dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation)
I; me; personal (affairs, etc.); private; selfishness; partiality