laugh; laughter; smile; sneer; sex aids (e.g. dildos, pornographic books, erotic woodblock prints, etc.)
at once; right away; promptly; quickly; right now; this instant
to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
to look up to (a person) as one's preceptor
fellow pupil; fellow apprentice
genuine; real; authentic; full-scale; full-blown; all-out
guess; conjecture; surmise
revival; reconstruction; restoration; rebuilding; recovery; renaissance
business; enterprise; venture; (social) project; undertaking; enterprise
at any cost; at any price; at any expense
mark; guide; purpose; aim; sight (on a firearm)
sales promotion; hard selling
revamping; reshaping; rearranging; reorganizing
pain; anguish; distress; suffering; hardship
to heal; to cure; to satisfy (e.g. hunger, thirst); to alleviate (e.g. sorrow, fatigue)
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess
contents; interior; substance; content; (sword) blade
to grow wild; to run to waste; to become rough (of art, craft, etc.); to lose refinement; to intensify (of wind, rain, etc.); to become more severe
to pull oneself together; to collect oneself (after a failure); to regain control (of oneself)
how many years; how long; what year
to taste; to try (food or drink)
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
as one would expect from ...; given that ... (naturally ...); because ...; for good reason; there is a (good) reason that ...
retirement (from the world); seclusion
to have a limit; to go too far (e.g. of a joke)
thereupon; shortly thereafter
outside the country; abroad
to distinguish oneself; to stand out
hearsay; rumor; grapevine
influence; power; (arch.) flapping of wings
trade; business; commerce; occupation; calling; profession
thickheaded; obstinate; inflexible; stubborn
business ability; business acumen
(an) unknown; unknown number; variable; unknown quantity; not yet known
merchant; store; shop; merchant house; merchant family
management; administration; operation; running (a business); conducting
never mind that; don't worry about that; listen up
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
loss (of assets, profit, etc.)
one country; the whole nation; the whole country; stubborn; obstinate
pupil; disciple; adherent; follower; apprentice; young person