profitable plan; good plan
slight movement; slight tremor; quiver
dress; attire; clothing; getup; outfit; personal appearance
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
to flatter; to soft-soap; to sweet talk; to cajole; to instigate
moment to quit; way to quit
to rise; to erect; to get up
to escape from; to get out
menial; meanness; servility; abject
to move back; to draw back; to lessen; to subside; to resign; to retire
to throw; to hurl; to give up; to abandon; to cast (a glance, shadow, doubt, etc.)
forgetting; lapse of memory
failure; mistake; blunder
with a complacent smile; with a smile of satisfaction
to express (in words); to confess
impossible; unlikely; improbable
this; our; the ... in question; right; justice; fairness
snare; trap (for catching wild game, etc.); trap (i.e. ruse, subterfuge, etc.)
intuition; instinct; insight; hunch; immediacy
cession of an obligation; assignment of an obligation; transfer of an obligation
to bear; to carry on one's back; to take responsibility for; to accept a duty; to receive (wound); to incur (damage)
definite; final; decisive; conclusive
to send; to forward; to hand over (e.g. money)
possible; likely; probable
to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept
quizzical; puzzled; inquisitive; suspicious; doubtful
heartlessness; hardness of heart; coldheartedness; insentient; inanimate
in the same way as; just like
(villains) of the same stripe; birds of a feather; (lit.) badgers of the same hole
joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing
to desire; to wish; to beg; to request; to have something done for oneself
fox (esp. the red fox, Vulpes vulpes); fox (i.e. a sly person); soba or udon topped with deep-fried tofu; light brown; golden brown
bad inventory; deadstock; dead stock
no one knows what the future holds; the future is a closed book; (lit.) one sun (unit of measurement) ahead is darkness
to get blurred; to get hoarse; to get husky; to graze; to scrape