glass (drinking vessel); glass (material); glasses (eyewear)
to throw; to hurl; to give up; to abandon; to cast (a glance, shadow, doubt, etc.)
lending (money); finance; loan; adaptability; versatility; flexibility
messenger; envoy; emissary
to earn (income); to make (money); to score (points, victory); to gain (time); to work hard (at one's job); to labor
basics; fundamentals; basis; foundation
to fail; to blunder; to make a mess; to drink up; to eat up
very interesting; of great interest
insistent; obstinate; persistent; too rich (taste, etc.); fatty; heavy
lowering; sinking; depreciation; price fall; punch line (of a rakugo story); (arch.) sword strap
winning over; placation; gentle persuasion
asset management; asset management provision
withdrawal; retraction; revocation; repeal
together; at the same time; same; identical
to gather; to crowd round; to sponge (off someone); to scrounge; to extort; to take (money) through intimidation
beating someone up by ganging up on them; facing a barrage of criticism
establishment; creation; posing (a problem); options setting; preference settings; configuration
with a slap; with a pop; without batting an eyelid; generously; cutesy suffix applied to names
to garnish; to accompany (as a card does a gift); to add to as support; to prop up; to accompany (as an aid, guide, translator, etc.); (arch.) to mimic
to plan one's next moves; to work out a plan
puzzling; tangled; complicated; complex
to correct oneself; to restate
artificial; man-made; human work; human skill; artificiality
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
to push away; to push aside; to shove
to apologize; to apologise
to catch one's breath; to gulp; to have one's breath taken away; to gasp
to make the impossible possible; to accomplish the impossible
every place; various places
li (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: fire, south)
one cause; one reason; one factor
merger (of companies, towns, etc.); combination; union; amalgamation; consolidation; coalition
war funds; war chest; funds (for activities); campaign funds
exploitation; bleeding dry; squeezing dry; milking (e.g. a cow's teat); extracting (a liquid) through squeezing
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it
capitulation; surrender; submission; yield
duration; continuance; survival; persistence; retention
simply (cannot); definitely (cannot); absolutely (cannot); by no means
in the meanwhile; during the time
poverty; need; destitution; having great difficulty with; struggling greatly with; being in distress