advantage; benefit; profit; interest
vein of gold; financial connections; patron; source of money
investigation to determine the cause (of); tracing something back to its origin
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
superior; excellent; brilliant; outstanding
to enclose; to surround; to shelter (e.g. a criminal); to shield; to keep (e.g. a mistress); to store (vegetables, fruit, etc.)
powerful person; influential person
taste (in goods, etc.); manners; etiquette; modesty; restraint; knowledge, experience (of the arts, etc.)
uncomfortable feeling; feeling out of place; sense of discomfort; malaise; physical unease
ordinary person; member of the general public; non-celebrity
to extol; to sing the praises of; to celebrate; to declare; to stipulate; to express
each nation; many nations; many countries
war; fighting; fierce competition
hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little
imitating; copying; mimicry; behavior; behaviour; action
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
to (an extent); up to; doesn't amount to doing ...; not significant enough to require ...; even if ...
way (of doing things); method; style; school (e.g. of poetry)
under control (e.g. of territory)
to employ; to hire; to charter
transactions; dealings; business
presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch
misunderstanding; mistaken idea; wrong guess
ability to take action; ability to take initiatives; energy; dynamism; drive
quality; value; nature; inherent quality; logical quality
nevertheless; at any rate; even so; all things considered; be that as it may
absurd; unreasonable; excessive; very; extremely; excessively
diving; diver; unlicensed (doctor, driver, etc.); unregistered; outsider; stranger
gaudy; showy; garish; crooked; vicious; wicked
maid; helper; help; assistance
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
meaningful; suggestive; telling; significant; pregnant (pause etc.)
that child; that kid; that boy; (arch.) you
weird; ominous; eerie; uncanny; ghastly
confident; full of confidence; cocky; full of oneself
to ask; to inquire; to implore (a god for an oracle); to seek direction (from your superior); to visit; to speak to (a large crowd at a theatre, etc.)
please; somehow or other; one way or another
leaving a decision to someone else (often of a meal to be selected by the chef); omakase
cloth; tablecloth; wallpaper; wall fabric