water; (drinking) water; night entertainment business; nightlife worker; racy; titillating
various; diverse; divergent; each according to one's own wishes
prediction; prophecy; prognostication
secret plan; secret scheme; secret stratagem; secret method
on closer reflection; on second thought; come to think of it; actually
to eagerly look forward to
fund-raising; fund collecting
subordinate work; assistant; servant
playing at (something); game of make-believe; something done together
warmly; cordially; with tender care
full use; extensive use; complete utilization
several years; a few years
to hardly recognise; to mistake for something or somebody else
other than; excluding; without
news; tidings; information; correspondence; letter
unanticipated; unexpected
to tie; to bind; to fasten; to restrict (freedom); to tie down (with rules, regulations, etc.); to fetter
greater than ...; bigger ...
consent; approval; acceptance; agreement; compliance
popularization; popularisation
nature of the locality; character of a place; local colour; local color
branch office; branch store
handy; convenient; suitable; reasonable; moderate
to make a fresh start; to turn over a new leaf; to call again; to visit again; to come again
back country; remote countryside
to stop; to quit; to put an end to
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
to take pride in; to pride oneself; to be proud of
to take someone along; to be accompanied (by)
flight (e.g. airline flight); trip (e.g. train trip); mail; post; opportunity; chance
busy; hurried; confused; flurried
handsome man; looker; good guy; great guy; influential person (esp. in the yakuza); sumo wrestler
mess; spoiled; spoilt; (come to) nothing; ruin
to accumulate one's unpublished paintings or writings