introduction; presentation; referral; listing
warm (treatment, reception, etc.); kind; cordial; hospitable; courteous; respectful
interest (on a loan, deposit, etc.)
to be on track; to be going to plan; to enter orbit
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)
three-legged race; cooperation with singleness of purpose (e.g. between companies); operating in tandem
since one was born; (in) all one's life
management; administration; cutting up and serving food; cut and fill (e.g. earthwork)
debt; loan; liabilities; borrowing money
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
to view the past with nostalgia
mild; calm; gentle; quiet; congenial; amicable
to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)
several years; a few years
deficit operation; operating at a loss; being in the red
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
timidly; nervously; with nervous diffidence; trembling with fear
(being in) the black; surplus; black letter
income; receipts; revenue
to bring; to take (something) along; to fetch; to get
mostly; ordinarily; probably; most; almost all; ordinary
old friend; familiar face
often; frequently; now and then; occasionally
to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist
to be amazed; to be shocked; to be astonished; to be astounded; to be disgusted; to be exasperated
(being in) the red; deficit; red letter; red writing; corrections (by a teacher or proofreader) written in red
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
to be able to manage somehow or another
slowly (but steadily); gradually; irritatedly; impatiently; scorchingly (of the sun); sizzling (i.e. sound of frying in oil); sound of a warning bell, alarm clock, etc.
(suffer) deterioration; growing worse; aggravation; degeneration; corruption
writing off (a debt); cancellation; balancing the books; cancelling out (gains or losses); making even; making up (for)
outline; main points; generally; on the whole; general; rough
(sense of) reality; realness; realism; authenticity; viability
to feel that something is true or actually happening; to hit one (realization, thought); to sink in
settlement; solution; resolution
full payment; liquidation
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
regular customer; regular patron; frequenter; constant companion
amount sold; sales; proceeds; takings; turnover
fixing (in place); being fixed (in place); fixing (e.g. salary, capital); keeping the same; fixation (histology); user name (on an online forum like 2ch where the majority of users post anonymously)
weekday; ordinary days (i.e. non-holiday); kanji radical 73