unwritten law; common law; unwritten rule
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside
business; thing to be done; something that should be performed; information that should be conveyed
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
being filled with; being full of; permeation
to tell (to do); to order; to tell on (someone); to tattle; to often say
plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme
nothing but; none other than
adviser; advisor; consultant
if one is unlucky; if one is careless
duration; continuance; survival; persistence; retention
gap; space; break; interlude; chink (in one's armor, armour); chance
to be too numerous; to be too much
negotiations; discussions; connection
meeting; get-together (e.g. among friends)
three persons; three parties
corner; section; one horn; narwhal (Monodon monoceros)
to be frank with you; to tell you the truth; I'm going to lay my cards on the table
it is assuredly (that)...; can say with confidence that it is...
(husked grains of) rice; staple (product, etc.); necessity
tool; implement; means; furniture
offer; tender; providing; sponsoring (a TV program)
to entrust; to leave to a person
one's own discretion (idea, responsibility)
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
act of treachery; breach of faith; stab in the back; double-cross
fee paid for space (e.g. for a stall)
to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)
duty; obligation; responsibility
island; one's territory (e.g. of a sex worker, organized crime gang); one's turf
to lay waste; to devastate; to invade; to break into; to troll (e.g. web forums); to spam
whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
stretching a rope around; roping off; one's turf; domain; territory (of an animal)
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
I don't know ...; how about ...?; I wonder; what about ..?
fee; charge; rate; material
no objection; nothing to criticize; nothing to criticise
bamboo thicket; bamboo grove
to come off; to be removed; to disappear (of pain, a fever, etc.); to be caught; to be harvested; to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as)
please; somehow or other; one way or another
stinginess; miserliness; shabby; cheap; petty; narrow-minded
denouncing; calling (e.g. somebody a thief); branding (as)