to ask a big favour; to ask unreasonable things; to be unreasonable
to have a reason; to have an excuse
each time it happens; at all such times
business world; business circles; (the) industry
rise; increase; income; takings; completion; end; end result (e.g. of crafts)
sesame seeds; sesame (Sesamum indicum)
to board; to embark on; to get into (a car); to march into; to enter
polite; courteous; civil; friendship; (sexual) intimacy
crisply; with a crunch; refreshingly; sharply; candidly; frankly
what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?
common occurrence; everyday occurrence; not an uncommon case; normal thing; everyday affair
to be uneasy; to be anxious; to fear
painful; being sorry; feeling sorry
to understand; to be convinced; to be satisfied
change; alteration; substitute; rate of exchange
company; corporation; workplace
trusting too much; overestimating ability
to the last; persistency; thoroughness
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
reason; cause; circumstances
to build up; to establish (one's reputation)
to take pride in; to pride oneself; to be proud of
from the beginning; from the first; all along; of course
all people; everybody; ten thousand people
farewell; adieu; goodbye; so long
gloomy; dismal; miserable; spirit of yin
to astonish; to astound; to stupefy; to flabbergast; to strike a person dumb; to dumbfound
excavation; exhumation; discovery (e.g. new talent)
relationship of mutual trust; fiduciary relation
dispersion; scattering; spreading out; diffusion
putting life into; animating; cheering up
September; ninth month of the lunar calendar
first day of the month; (arch.) first ten days of the lunar month
just after a holiday break; the first day after the holidays
to become entangled; to become complicated; to get mixed up; to screw up; to get caught up in
millennium; one thousand years; (fig.) long time