to be born; to come into the world
repayment; reimbursement; refund; redemption
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
close associate; close aide; brains-truster
dagger; stiletto; confidant; right-hand man
to take a fancy to something; to be moved; to feel inclined to
to be flabbergasted; to be dumbfounded
development; exploitation
influential person; man of importance
poverty; destitution; privation; indigence; penury
offensive (movement); aggression
huge sum (esp. of money); enormous sum; massive amount
one's company; company one works for; in-house; belonging to the company
business world; business circles; (the) industry
unhappiness; misfortune; ill luck
to melt; to thaw; to fuse; to dissolve
idle complaint; grumble; moha (ignorance, folly)
to whinge; to kvetch; to gripe; to complain; to whine
small point; knob; protuberance; aloneness; loneliness; solitude
to correct oneself; to restate
if that's the case ...; if so ...; that being the case ...
to catch one's breath; to gulp; to have one's breath taken away; to gasp
dwelling; house; residence; den; habitat
spine (of book); binding (of book)
ambition; aspiration; sinister designs; treachery
sovereign; emperor; monarch
to smear with blood; to kill
cold-hearted; callous; unfeeling; insentient (objects); insensate; inanimate
last (i.e. immediately preceding); previous; pre- (e.g. premodern); before; before; earlier
old age; old person; the old; the aged
lowdown; inside curtain; inside information; hidden circumstances; inside facts; inner workings
rainy sky; sky as it looks when it is about to rain; threatening sky
to pull the trigger; to squeeze the trigger
series; sequence; keiretsu (group); conglomeration of businesses linked by cross-shareholdings; affiliated; subsidiary
legal; lawful; legitimate