business; affairs; duties; work; procedure; task
to stagnate; to be delayed; to be left undone; to be overdue (of a payment); to fall into arrears; to be outstanding
diligently; assiduously; industriously; beavering away
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
to be idle; to slacken; to neglect (e.g. one's work)
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
princess; daughter of a nobleman
to fish; to angle; to catch; to lure in; to tempt; to attract
store; shop; establishment; restaurant
underground; below the ground; world of the dead; the grave; underground (activities, movement, etc.); secret
safe; vault; storage cabinet
succession; continuation; series; sequence
not writing or contacting for a while; neglecting (failing) to write (call, visit, etc.); long silence
independent; autonomous; voluntary; of one's own initiative
abstinence from alcohol; temperance; prohibition of drinking
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
one (esp. of two); the other; on the one hand; on the other hand; whereas; although
arrangements; plan; programme; program; preparations
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion
to choose (a thing) at one's own discretion; to use one's discretion in choosing
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
master (of a house, shop, etc.); husband; sir; boss; patron of a mistress, geisha, bar or nightclub hostess; sugar daddy
to be resurrected; to be resuscitated; to be rehabilitated; to be recalled (e.g. memories); to be brought back
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship
dropping in on the way; stopping off at; making a side trip; going the long way round; making a detour
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
hailing each other; acting in concert; responding (to); agreement; concord
clear weather; fine weather; formal; ceremonial; cleared of suspicion
quiet; calm; easily; comfortably; distant; far-off
revolution; rotation; turning; turning (an aircraft or ship)
to rest one's chin in one's hands
to be lost in deep thought; to be deeply immersed in thought
(sleeping) peacefully; quietly; soundly
to breathe while sleeping