of the time; at the time; of the hour; in vogue; sought after
bill; bill of sale; tab (for later payment); credit; contact move (in go); direct attack to an enemy stone; sound effect produced by striking with clappers a wooden board in kabuki
to persuade by tears; to use tears to get one's way
one's habitual practice; usual measure; old trick
sigh (of grief, disappointment, etc.); grieving; lamenting; deploring
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)
one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)
to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
raging waves; stormy seas; hardships; troubles; adversities
to climb over; to get over; to surmount; to overcome; to surpass; to overtake
dying; death; dead; useless; damned
to accompany; to go hand in hand with; to be consequent upon; to be accompanied by; to bring with; to take with
family business; family trade; one's occupation; one's trade
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
precision instrument or machine
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
electronic parts (components)
satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
circumference; outskirts; environs; (computer) peripheral
to handle; to manage; to deal with; to rear; to look after
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
to resign; to retire; to quit; to leave (one's job, etc.)
role of a company president
career; carrier (disease, signal, warship, etc.); carrier; telephone company; career government employee
unique; distinctive; novel; different color (colour)
three times (as much); treble; triple; threefold
surroundings; environs; circumference
to be surprised; to be astonished
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding
to be full; to wax (e.g. moon); to rise (e.g. tide); to mature; to expire
small and medium-sized enterprises; small and medium-sized businesses
to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)