diplomacy; selling (e.g. door-to-door); canvassing
card (information, filing, etc.); card (greetings, congratulations, etc.); (Western) playing cards; credit card; debit card; match; game
touching a wrong card (in karuta); buzzing too early (in a quiz); making a mistress of a servant; mistress (who is one's servant)
to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal
in this manner; in this way; like this
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
use; utilization; utilisation; application
to scoff; to laugh at; to make fun of; to ridicule; to jeer at
again; once more; a second time
clear; precise; definite; distinct
luxury; extravagance; to live in luxury; to indulge oneself; lavish (use of something); abundant
transmigration; reincarnation; metempsychosis
relaxed; familiar; easy to access; friendly
to smell sweet; to be fragrant
shadow or cloud (e.g. on someone's happiness); shade; gloom
to begin to appear; to begin to come in
(suffer) deterioration; growing worse; aggravation; degeneration; corruption
more than anything; above all else
debt; loan; liabilities; borrowing money
to search about for; to hunt around for; to look high and low for; to look everywhere for
intelligence or information network
no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
selection; choice; option
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
to breathe out; to breathe; to tell (a lie); to use (foul language); to vomit; to throw up
to begin a trip; to depart; to embark; to die; to pass away; to depart this life
(unrefined) brown sugar; muscovado
else; in addition; on top of that; furthermore; further; besides
to come to nothing; to be in vain; to lead nowhere
to delay; to postpone; to put off; to slow down; to hold up; to retard
dangerous; risky; in danger; in jeopardy; uncertain; unreliable
summarization; summary; generalization; review (by labour or political movements of past activities, results, etc.)
to chip; to be chipped; to be missing (from a set, team, etc.); to be absent; to be lacking (in); to be short (of)
that is to say; so that means
to pile up; to make a heap; to lay (e.g. bricks); to acquire (e.g. experience); to build (a reputation)
agreement; consent; same opinion; same view; same meaning
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
interference; intervention; meddling
to take (seat, position, course, office, etc.); to assume; to ascend (the throne); to accede; to start (on a journey); to commence
duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus
duty; obligation; responsibility