notable; important; chief; valuable; conspicuous; outstanding
dilettante; person of unusual tastes; person with strange hobbies; person of refined taste; connoisseur
to build a market for; to promote (a product); to promote oneself; to sell oneself; to sell heavily
sponsorship (i.e. conducting under one's auspices); promotion; organizing; organising; hosting; staging
to appear on the market; to be in season (e.g. of fruit); to circulate widely; to make the rounds; to go around
process; procedure; sequence; protocol; instruction
to speed; to tear away; to skip over (e.g. pages)
diversion into illegal channels; putting on the black market; selling through illegal channels
large amount of money; great cost
now that; since; so long as; because
coercion; overpowering; overawing; daunting
to say this and that (about); to say (critical) things; to criticize; to be critical (about); to find fault (with); to complain
purpose; utility; objective; way to use something
to reward; to recompense; to repay; to retaliate; to get revenge
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
to elevate; to raise; to lift up; to flatter; to extol; to praise to the sky
oscillation; vibration; swing (e.g. of a pendulum)
to creep in; to steal in; to sneak in
to draw near; to draw closer; to press (e.g. for an answer); to hound
division of work; sharing out the work; splitting into groups (e.g. to search for someone); separating into parties
to carry up; to bring up; to lift up; to elevate (someone) to a high position; to convince someone to accept a post (esp. through flattery)
to say (something) over one's shoulder
unpleasant; disgusting; loathsome; shameful; scandalous
to come to nothing; to be wasted; to fall through; to end without result
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
invoking the coercive power of the state; calling upon the power of the state
one (thin, flat object); one sheet
temporary; provisional; interim; special; extraordinary; extra
monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision
lucky; nice!; score!; bingo!
effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
desperation; despair; self-abandonment
to persuade; to urge; to coax; to make advances (to); to seduce; to court
if it's going to be that way, then ...; if given the choice; if possible; if anything
to appear ...; to look like ...; to seem ...; to have a trace of; to be tinged with
back (esp. of a building, etc.); rear; behind
to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake
trader; dealer; businessperson; fellow trader; people in the same trade
one o'clock; once; at one time; for a time; for a while; a time