fellow; mutual; companion; comrade
relaxed; familiar; easy to access; friendly
and; thereupon; because of that
jaw; chin; barb (of a fishhook)
to point; to nominate; to select someone; to identify; to indicate; to play (a game of shogi)
to fall flat; to collapse in a heap
accompanied by a woman; accompanied by women
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
(talk of a) moneymaking scheme; moneymaking idea; get-rich-quick proposal
declining; refusal; rejection; announcement; notice
provocation; stirring up; arousal; excitement; stimulation
sensation; feeling; tendency; propensity
business ability; business acumen
depending on; as soon as; immediately after; as (e.g. "as one is told", "as one wishes"); whatever (e.g. "whatever is at hand"); order; program
to take something into ...; to bring in; to lodge (a complaint); to file (a plan); to bring to (a state: tied game, vote, trial, etc.)
to suit the convenience of; to accommodate
profit-and-loss arithmetic; calculating profit and loss; mercenary point of view
purchase; buying; buying used articles as a company; trade-in; purchase on a no-return policy; lump-sum payment
trader; dealer; businessperson; fellow trader; people in the same trade
directly managed store (as opposed to a distributor)
lots of; a ton of; a mountain of; piles of; heaps of; so many
principal occupation; core business
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
convenience; accommodation; advantage; benefit; expediency
means of making contact; intermediary; go-between; connections; influence; pull
a find; windfall; bargain
to beat down prices; to strike a hard bargain
to often be the case; to occur frequently; to be common; to be popular
to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid
kind offices; services; through the good offices of; intercession; mediation
to take home; to carry home; to bring back home; to take out (e.g. food)
will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope
on the occasion of; circumstances; juncture
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
to be suspicious of; to be doubtful of; to be dubious of
consideration; examination; investigation; study; scrutiny; discussion
price; cost; value; worth; value
to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
to rise; to swell; to be promoted