task; (doing a) bit of work; difficult task; hard work
to take someone along; to be accompanied (by)
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
headquarters; head office; main office
kind offices; services; through the good offices of; intercession; mediation
merchant; store; shop; merchant house; merchant family
fellow; mutual; companion; comrade
arbitration; intercession; mediation
collecting; collection; collation; gathering; arrangement; coordination
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
joining (an association, agreement, etc.); participation; affiliation; accession
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
(in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of; (at) the height of
to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide
(your) daughter; young woman
orphan; person without friends
great debt of gratitude; great obligation
trouble; bother; trouble; difficulty; care; attention
favour; favor; obligation; debt of gratitude
that's a different matter; that's a different story
mixing of public and private affairs; mixing business with personal affairs; mixing work and private matters
tearing up and discarding (e.g. documents); disposal (e.g. weaponry); annulment; cancellation; reversal (of an original ruling)
trouble; burden; nuisance; care; dependence; support
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
bomb; alcohol with liquor added (esp. wine-based shōchū highball, also beer with whiskey)
throwing down; dropping; airdrop; investment
that; the matter in question
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
unrelated; unconnected; without relations (esp. of a deceased person); having no surviving relatives; unrelated to the teachings of Buddha; unable to be saved by Buddha
to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)
to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to look down on (someone); to make fun of
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
the front (of a battlefield); forefront
influential person; powerful person; big wheel; big gun; power behind the throne
feeling of tension; air of tension; tension; nervousness
to run; to run (of a vehicle); to drive; to rush (to); to dash; to retreat; to flee
to notice; to recognize; to recognise; to become aware of; to perceive; to realize
slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late
first match (in a series)