business; work; operations; service; duties
going in and out; entering and exiting; visiting regularly; frequenting; income and expenditure; incomings and outgoings; increase and decrease
large; large-sized; large-scale; big
li (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: fire, south)
reaching the shore; docking a boat
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
to be complete; to be all present; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from ... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that ...; trying to ...
to engage in; to participate in; to take part in; to be involved in
to tell all; to give a full account
to receive favor; to receive assistance; to receive help; to be looked after; to be taken care of; to become dependent (on)
by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking
to be delighted; to be glad; to congratulate; to welcome (a proposal, advice, etc.); to take kindly to; to do with pleasure
obedient; meek; honest; frank; straight (e.g. hair); without peculiarity
to be able to do; to be possible; to be good at; to do well; to come into existence; to form; to be made
possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely
a little; a bit; somewhat; slightly; rather
left utterly helpless (e.g. by a curt reply or refusal); have no one to turn to; unapproachable
to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation
unsociable; unfriendly; blunt; surly; curt; cold
self-awareness; awareness (of one's position, abilities, duty, etc.); perceiving (something); taking in (a sensation); self-consciousness
by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means
any more; anymore; any further; any better; any longer
upper side (of a go, chess or othello board)
to keep up (appearances); to put up (a good front); to smooth over (a mistake, fault, etc.); to gloss over; to mend; to repair
engagingly; cordially; amiably; sociably; hospitably
to behave; to conduct oneself; to act; to treat (someone) to (food or drink); to entertain (e.g. to lunch)
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
exceptional; unusual; special; especially; exceptionally; unusually
to worry (about); to fuss (over); to be careful (about); to pay attention (to); to take (good) care of
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
sour look; surly face; pout
to mind; to care about; to be an issue; to matter; to keep company; to care for; to interfere with
venting one's anger (on someone or something); taking out one's anger on
to show signs of ...; to have the appearance of ...
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; I feel regretful; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment
(one's) self; oneself; yourself; himself; herself
(not) in any way; in no way; at all; terribly; awfully; hopelessly