work; business; company; study
discomfort; inconvenience; poverty; want; inability; disability
face; honour; meld; lineup (of players participating in a mahjong game); attendees (e.g. at a meeting); members
influence; clout; leverage
subordinate; underling; henchman; minion
contraband; taboo; strictly forbidden
lesson; discipline; example (e.g. set a bad example); revelation
looking like a ...; acting as if a ...
regulation; (traffic) policing; control; restriction
bid for popularity; publicity stunt
trade; business; commerce; occupation; calling; profession
stigma; dishonour; dishonor; infamy
district; region; the country; countryside; civilian society
stimulation (e.g. of an economy); revitalization (e.g. of a town); rejuvenation; activation
stranger; tramp; wanderer
sponsorship (i.e. conducting under one's auspices); promotion; organizing; organising; hosting; staging
to open the door (to the world, women, etc.)
direct unforked road; straight path
to turn inside out; to turn the other way; to look at (something) from another perspective; to put it the other way round; to visit the same prostitute or geisha for a second time
sponsor; promoter; impresario; organizer; organiser
right to challenge; right to make a challenge
king; monarch; ruler; champion
modesty; humility; being humble
to give a warning; to remind (a person) of
insufficiency; deficiency; shortage; dissatisfaction; discontent; complaint
higher rank; better position
honour; honor; dignity; prestige; reputation; appearances
seeing is believing; one eye-witness is better than many hearsays; a picture is worth a thousand words
temporary; provisional; interim; special; extraordinary; extra
registration; accession; register; entry; record
consecutive victories; series of victories
match fixing; put-up job; fixed game
power; authority; jurisdiction
merchant; trader; expert (in a trade or profession); professional; woman working in the nightlife business (bar or nightclub hostess, geisha, etc.); demimondaine
contemplation; meditation
to flatter; to soft-soap; to sweet talk; to cajole; to instigate
substitute (e.g. actor); substitution; stand-in; double
to throw away as useless; to scrap; to make null and void; to renege; to annul