swimming; bathing; getting on in the world
even more; still more; further
empty air; sky; shunyata (the lack of an immutable intrinsic nature within any phenomenon); emptiness; air force; fruitlessness; meaninglessness
ultimate; final; last; eventual
secret art; secret technique; mysteries (of an art)
primary cause; main factor
worldview; outlook on the world; Weltanschauung; setting (for a fictional work); world; universe
alternating between happiness and anxiety; swinging between joy and sorrow; being glad and sad by turns; oscillating between optimism and pessimism
to pray; to say a prayer; to say grace; to wish; to hope
development (of film); photographic processing
ground; crust (earth); foundation (building, etc.); base; constituency; power base
to take over (someone's duties, business, etc.); to inherit; to succeed to; to hand over
affiliated with; under jurisdiction of; under the umbrella
waiting on a table; serving (at dinner); waiter; waitress; office boy; office girl
to be temperate in; to refrain; to make notes; to jot down (e.g. phone number); to be in preparation for; to be in waiting for
one's own judgement (judgment); decision made without consulting others; arbitrary decision; dogmatism
to run counter to; to go against; to disobey; to infringe
to try to have it both ways; to play a double game; to have two strings to one's bow
details; particulars; longitude and latitude; warp and weft; warp and woof
going straight to the point; cutting it short; as it turns out
accomplice; conspirator; cohort
fishing; angling; change (for a purchase); clickbaiting; trolling; bait
to poke one's nose into another's affairs; to have a hand in; to take a (deep) interest in; to poke one's head (into a room)
fraud; swindle; graft; saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them; flaking out
blood relationship; consanguinity; blood relative
malicious; vicious; malignant; shoddy; inferior; poor-quality
trust; entrusting; leaving in someone's trust
to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum
benefit; use; good; profit; gains
adzuki bean (Vigna angularis)
poor crop; bad harvest; crop failure; low quality (e.g. of literary works)
easy money; easy gain; making a killing
business practice; business method; commerce; commercial law
changing into cash; encashment; cashing
substantial; real (as opposed to nominal)
birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)
son (of others); boy; young master; young man innocent of the ways of the world; man of pampered upbringing; greenhorn (from a well-off family)
set; suit; uniform collection; entirely; all; every one