inevitable; necessary; certain; inevitability; necessity
to say; to be pleased to say
stealthily; secretly; in secret
to roll; to wheel; to turn over; to tip over; to leave; to buy and sell (quickly for a profit)
opposite direction; reverse; retrorse
to bend; to turn up; to turn down; to double
shaking; trembling; pitching; disturbance; unrest; agitation
carpenter's square; instigation; suggestion
piece (in shogi, chess, etc.); (arch.) horse; (arch.) foal; bridge (of a violin, etc.)
to count on one's fingers
to dress up as; to disguise oneself as; to play the role of
establishing; proving; ascertaining; identifying; confirming
lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication
I see; that's right; indeed
(theatrical) fighting scene
circumstances; condition; to arrange; to manage; to lend money; to raise money
(one's) identity; background; upbringing; (one's) character
having done that; if that is done; if it is done in that way
pinioning; binding arms behind the back
to sink; to go under; to go down (e.g. sun); to set; to feel depressed; to become subdued
several weeks; a few weeks
of bad character; ill-natured; nasty; vicious; wicked; malignant
to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from; to avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility); to avert
career track; promotional track; fast track; upward mobility
decision; settlement; definition
(field) marshal; (fleet) admiral; general of the army
coming to nothing; bubble on the surface of water; something that is short-lived
(suffer) deterioration; growing worse; aggravation; degeneration; corruption
sudden; abrupt; rapid; sharp; drastic; radical
growth; development; stretching (one's body, e.g. when waking up); (ability to) spread (of paint, cream, etc.); elongation; extension
preface; introduction; preamble
finance-related; financial
one's relatives by blood and marriage (in blood and law); one's kith and kin
opposition; rivalry; competition; antagonism
to make an enemy (of); to antagonize
cash; ready money; money on hand; mercenary; self-interested; calculating
to replace; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute
to sell well; to sell out; to be worldly and understanding; to be sensible; to be sorted out; to be put in order
actual article or goods; spots (stocks, foreign exchange, commodities, etc.); (in) kind (income, benefit, rent, taxes, investment, etc.)
half the amount (of money); half price; half fare
to beat down prices; to strike a hard bargain