management; administration; operation
awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained
early evening (usu. from 3pm to 6pm); dusk
great success; roaring business; busy; packed-out
to lower the curtain (at the end of a play); to come to an end; to finish
to breathe out; to exhale
all day long; all the day; throughout the day
leaving (on, open, unfinished, etc.); (doing) continuously; constantly; keep ...-ing
trouble; difficulty; failure (of an engine, machine, computer, etc.); breakdown; (medical) condition; disorder
via; through; by doing; by means of; using
distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion
to show appreciation for (efforts, esp. by someone of equal or lower status); to thank for; to reward for
to walk about; to walk around; to conduct oneself; to act; to stop by (somewhere; esp. of a criminal on the run); to drop by
free and uncontrolled; behaving with abandon; freewheeling
to behave; to conduct oneself; to act; to treat (someone) to (food or drink); to entertain (e.g. to lunch)
living together; coexistence
powerful person; influential person
Empress Dowager; Queen Mother
unexpected; unlikely; terrible; awful; very; extremely
to feed (e.g. an animal on oats); to let eat; to support (e.g. a family); to provide for; to inflict (damage); to deal (e.g. a blow)
notebook; copy-book; note; noting down; (musical) note; laptop (computer)
to write down; to note down; to mention; to describe; to inscribe; to mark
buying; shopping; buyer; purchase
familiarity; intimacy; acquaintance
to begin to open; to come out; to smile broadly; to come apart at the seams (clothes)
(fighting) spirit; motivation; shout (for getting in the right mood to deal with something, etc.); cheer; kiai; short shout when performing an attacking move
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (someone's) side
errand; mission; messenger; bearer; familiar spirit
going; travelling; act; action; bank; counter for banks; counter for groups or parties of people
good bye; I'm off; see you later
stationery store; stationery shop; stationer's
guidance; leading (the way); information; notice; announcement (of a visitor's arrival); informing (someone) of a visitor's arrival
boy; son; baby boy; young man
everything; for (to) everything; (in) anything
to clatter; to rattle; to flap (noisily); to get in a panic; to get in a flap; to rush around