highly priced; expensive; valuable; costly
elegance; grace; article; item; counter for items (of food, etc.); counter for dishes or courses (at a restaurant)
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
to thrust away; to send flying
(very) selfish; self-centered; self-centred; without consulting anybody (else)
congratulations!; well done!; best wishes!; all the best!
speaking of; (I told you) already; come on
branch office; agency; sub-branch
antique store; curio store
-ish; -like; resembling; appearing to be; seeming to be
to be popular; to come into fashion; to be prevalent; to spread widely (e.g. disease); to flourish; to thrive
certain; sure; doubtless; I have no doubt; You can depend on it; It's a safe bet
fellow; mutual; companion; comrade
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
supply; supplying; replenishment
being in charge (of an area of responsibility); being responsible (for a work role, etc.)
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you
camouflage; disguise; pretense; feigning; masquerade
government; administration
organization; organisation; structure; construction; system (e.g. railroad, transport, party, etc.); tissue; texture (of a rock)
secret military agency; secret service
persuasiveness; powers of persuasion; cogency
strategy; stratagem; trick; scheme; plot
handicraft; work; construction; maneuvering; manoeuvering
magnificent; grand; fair; square; grandly; boldly
publicity; advertisement; advertising; propaganda
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
name; title; appellation; (under the) pretext (of); pretense
and; or; and the like; and so forth; and what not
to hang; to suspend; to dangle; to swing; to carry
outward appearance; ostensible; public; official
one's post; place of work; workplace
to earn (income); to make (money); to score (points, victory); to gain (time); to work hard (at one's job); to labor
to seize; to impound; to garnish; to attach goods
item; something that one "just has to have"
trade; buying and selling
business; trade; operations; sales
to curse; to put a curse on; to detest intensely
deep-seated grudge; hatred
properly; accurately; exactly; neatly; tidily; orderly