rise; increase; income; takings; completion; end; end result (e.g. of crafts)
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
to remain; to be left over; to be in excess; to be too many
proposal; offer; request; application
house; one's house; one's home; one's family
chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus); domestic chicken; chicken meat
near oneself; close to one; familiar
to get stuck with (some job); to end up with (something unpleasant)
as usual; as is one's habit
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
cannot avoid doing; cannot help but (do); is compelled to do; (feel) obliged to (do); has to do
to cancel; to withdraw; to retract; to take back (words, etc.); to revoke
to be disconnected; to get out of place; to miss the mark; to get it wrong (e.g. guess, expectation); to be removed; to be excluded
to take out; to carry out; to bring out from where it belongs; to mention something; to broach a topic; to bring up (a subject)
at once; right away; promptly; on the spur of the moment
sensible; clever; smart; decent; tasteful
even if I say so myself; for me (to do such a thing)
to be transparent; to be easily seen through; to be obvious; to be apparent
bet; wager; stake; gamble
destination; whereabouts; future; prospects
(not even) a little; (not even) a tiny bit
in that case; (might not be what was expected or hoped for but) if that's the case
estimate; guess; direction; bearings; registration mark (printing); approximately
extent; scope; sphere; range; span
deadline; closing; cofferdam; closed (door, window, etc.)
to explain; to dispel doubts
dot; spot; mark (in an exam, etc.); grade; point (in a game); score; point (in geometry)
sense; sensation; feeling; intuition
main question; real issue at hand
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
to take the middle (between the two); to split the difference
to fall completely silent; to become still as death
titles omitted; (names listed) without honorifics
selection (e.g. of poems, texts); anthology; selected extracts
eastern direction; the Orient; eastern fighter in a match (e.g. sumo wrestling)
compilation (of a text); editing; volume (of a text); completed literary work
land east of China; Japan