highly priced; expensive; valuable; costly
elegance; grace; article; item; counter for items (of food, etc.); counter for dishes or courses (at a restaurant)
(social) position; status
previous generation (e.g. one's parents); family predecessor; predecessor; previous age
brokerage; brokerage firm; broking house; securities company
to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (as); to act (as); to conduct a religious service
eldest son (may be the only son); first-born son
assumption (of office); taking up (a post); inauguration; installation
seat; place; position; status; gathering; party; stand
to discern (e.g. right from wrong); to discriminate; to distinguish; to know (manners, one's place, etc.); to understand; to bear in mind
expansion; extension; enlargement; escape; ESC
steady; sound; solid; reliable; trustworthy
(being in) the red; deficit; red letter; red writing; corrections (by a teacher or proofreader) written in red
(corporate) bankruptcy; insolvency; commercial failure; failed business
to cling to ... in tears; to beg ... in tears; to appeal; to throw oneself on someone's mercy
to turn inside out; to turn the other way; to look at (something) from another perspective; to put it the other way round; to visit the same prostitute or geisha for a second time
to be at one's wits' end; to be cornered; (lit.) to be packed to the hilt
old; former; the old; old things; old times; bygone days
outside (e.g. of a building); exterior; outside (of a group, company, etc.); outside world
outline; main points; generally; on the whole; general; rough
to be negligent in doing something; to shirk; to be off one's guard
devising (a way); contriving; device; design; dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation)
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
shallow; superficial; thoughtless; short-sighted; foolish; silly
family; members of a family
craftsman; artisan; tradesman; worker; workman
rise; increase; income; takings; completion; end; end result (e.g. of crafts)
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)
actually; in fact; as a matter of fact
to fly into a rage; to lose one's temper; to flare up; to break out
thickheaded; obstinate; inflexible; stubborn
to incline toward; to slant; to lurch; to go down (sun); to wane; to sink
to speak ill of; to disparage
to support (a theory, claim, etc.); to back up; to substantiate; to prove
review; reconsideration; revision
re-examination; review; reconsideration; reappraisal
draft (for a speech, bill, etc.)