to run (a business); to operate; to carry out; to perform; to hold (a Buddhist or Shinto ceremony)
internal conditions; true state of affairs
to earn (income); to make (money); to score (points, victory); to gain (time); to work hard (at one's job); to labor
customer; client; client company; business connection; trade partner
missing (of a person); lost; unaccounted for; whereabouts unknown
compensation; equivalent value; consideration
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
ward; borough; city (in Tokyo); district (e.g. electoral); section; zone (e.g. postal)
guidance; showing the way; guide; guidepost; signpost; waymark
good-for-nothing; useless; worthless
meeting; rendezvous; meeting for the first time; coming across; confluence
benefactor; patron; person to whom one owes a great deal; person to whom one is (deeply) indebted
fraud; swindle; graft; saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them; flaking out
taking a cut (of someone else's money); taking a rake-off; pocketing a kickback; skimming (a percentage of the profits, proceeds, etc.)
being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter
sense of caution; wariness
great wealth; enormous fortune
to build; to construct; to erect; to build up (a reputation, position, fortune, etc.); to establish (a relationship, household, tradition, etc.); to lay (a foundation)
merchant of death; arms dealer
foundation (institution); syndicate; group
commander-in-chief; leader; head of a group of companies
graviton (hypothetical elementary particle)
mechanism; machinery; system; structure; organization
concurrent engineering; CE
board of directors; board of trustees
chair; chairman; chairperson; speaker (of an assembly); president (of a council, senate, etc.)
group; faction; (political) faction; wing; school (of thought, painting, etc.); sect
leader; guide; mentor; coach
mischief; prank; mischievous; naughty; pastime; hobby
unpleasant; disagreeable; displeasing; uncomfortable; unhappy
something heard for the first time; hearing something for the first time
intelligence gathering; information gathering
expressing emotion; drawing facial expressions
to take offense; to take offence; to get angry; to lose one's temper
patronizing; expecting gratitude in return; acting like one is doing someone a favor; condescending
exactly right!; indeed; damn straight
to buy; to purchase; to value (highly); to think highly of; to incur (someone's anger, displeasure, etc.); to elicit (e.g. sneers)
that child; that kid; that boy; (arch.) you
to grab at; to grasp at; to clutch at