business conditions; the market; good (economic) times; prosperity; liveliness; energy
regular customer; valued client
simple; plain; modest; frugal; reserved
to adhere to; to stick to; to keep close to; to go along with; to get involved with; to be thick with
to torment; to punish; to treat harshly; to beat up; to give a drubbing; to cause damage to
threat; menace; coercion; terrorism
extension of a straight line; (conclusion) following as an extension of (an argument)
recovery; rescue; recapture
transfer; transport; removal
behind closed doors; behind-the-scenes; (under the veil of) secrecy
false charge; false accusation; misrepresentation
news; word; tidings; omen
right to know; right to access information
a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step
one portion; one serving; adult; grown-up; fully fledged; established
short-tempered; quick-tempered; hasty
verbal gaffe; verbal slip; slip of the tongue; using improper words
eternity; perpetuity; permanence; immortality
pure; innocent; pure; unmixed; long kimono made from the same plain-coloured cloth
echo; reverberation; spirit of a tree; tree spirit
in the middle of something; busy with something; in commotion as a result of something untoward happening; currently importing or capturing data
to follow in order; to go through step-by-step
origin; genesis; opening; start; beginning
wedding ring; wedding band
more; much more; step; rung; paragraph; passage
to give (time, money, goods); to donate; to do; to perform; to apply (processing, makeup, etc.); to add (e.g. ornamentation, annotation)
household items; furniture; furnishings; (arch.) bow and arrow
handicraft; industrial art object
to incline; to lean; to devote oneself to; to concentrate on; to ruin; to squander
to be generally accepted; to be acknowledged by oneself and others
dilettante; person of fantastic taste
familiarity with the land; locality or terrain (usually associated with knowing or feeling the locality)
because; the reason is; if you want to know why
at once; immediately; right away; directly (face, lead to, etc.); automatically (mean, result in, etc.)
intake (e.g. of salt); ingestion; absorption (e.g. of new knowledge); adoption (e.g. of foreign culture); reception and protection
to mishear; to hear wrongly; to misunderstand
tapir (Tapirus spp.); mo; mythological Chinese chimera similar to a tapir, said to devour bad dreams
supplementary or additional fertilizer (fertiliser)