acting rashly; running wildly; runaway (process); reckless baserunning
obstruction; hindrance; blocking; disturbance; interference; interruption
they; those guys; those fellows
unworthy; unbecoming; improper
dismissal (of an employee); discharge; firing; layoff
fault; error; indiscretion; faux pas
quarrel; fight; trouble; dispute; friction; discord
cancelling (a debt); forgiving (a debt); being even; forgetting (what was said or done); pretending (something never happened)
to get change back; to be more than enough
stagnation; tie-up; standstill; congestion; delay; accumulation
influential person; powerful person; big wheel; big gun; power behind the throne
good place not many people know about; great little-known spot; good out-of-the-way place; betting booth (at a racecourse)
route; path; channel (e.g. sales, distribution)
newcomer; neophyte; novice; newbie
to squeeze; to wring out; to narrow down; to refine
to bend; to crook; to lean; to tilt; to bend (the truth); to distort
light (flavor, color, etc.); simple; plain; frank; candid; easygoing
wholesale store; wholesale dealer; wholesaler
mostly; ordinarily; probably; most; almost all; ordinary
large number (of); many; majority
judgement; judgment; connoisseur
he; she; that person; that; that one; that thing
careful selection; careful screening; hand-picking
to jump down; to leap down; to jump off; to leap off
to pass (by) each other; to brush past; to miss (meeting) each other; to fail to meet; to be at odds; to clash
great; excellent; distinguished; important; awful; terrible
look!; there!; here!; that is
address (of a home, business, etc.); residence; domicile
to bring down (an animal, opponent, etc.); to kill; to shoot dead; to shoot down
market price; speculation (e.g. on stocks); reputation (according to conventional wisdom); estimation
five times (as much); quintuple; fivefold
no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
deposit; earnest payment; earnest money
report; notification; registration
(primarily in shogi or go) response; countermeasure; counter-measure
reserve; spare; preparation; preliminaries
to buy in quantity; to buy a lot (of); to stock up (on); to lay in
variety of goods; number of articles
eel (esp. the Japanese eel, Anguilla japonica)
French; French food; French cuisine
Western food; Western cooking; Western cuisine
popular; well-liked; common; frequent; popular music; pop music