paying one's own expenses; going into business for oneself; working independently; person who earns their own living
qualifications; requirements; capabilities
of no use whatsoever; good for nothing; useless
complexion; one's colour; one's color; countenance; expression; one's face
spreading around (news, rumor, etc.); making widely known; making public; publicizing; proclaiming
show; display; pretensions; pose (in kabuki); posture
appearance (in the eyes of society); decency
(cutting) with a single stroke; lopping off (branches, etc.); (cutting hair) short; drastically (slash a budget, etc.); resolutely; ruthlessly (discard, etc.)
losing everything; coming to nothing; having lost the interest and the principal
face; honour; meld; lineup (of players participating in a mahjong game); attendees (e.g. at a meeting); members
practice; practising; exercises; manoeuvres; seminar (student debates, presentations, etc.); practicum
to rendezvous; to meet at a prearranged place and time; to arrange to meet
standing (committee); permanent (exhibit)
to break the ice; to broach a subject; to bring up a topic
it's probably so; it stands to reason
useless; futile; unnecessary; needless; not on business; unrelated
implication; nuance; shade of meaning; connotation
very careful; thoroughly prepared
nervous; highly strung; sensitive; fussy; worried about petty things
to re-enter; to rejoin; to re-enrol
fluently (speaking a foreign language); incessantly (speaking); glibly; one after the other (flipping through pages); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy
senior priest (of a Shinto shrine, below chief priest and deputy chief priest); grasshopper; locust
personnel; members; lineup (of a team); announcement of next day's match-ups
accompanying; travelling together; traveling together; same bank
essentially the same with only minor differences
release (e.g. information); disclosure (legal); show; indication; display
temporary; provisional; interim; special; extraordinary; extra
indescribable; having no way to express
blameless; above reproach; beyond reproach; faultless; perfect
to show up; to appear; to turn up
well; in good health; safe; free from accident
judging; inspection; examination; investigation; review
mountain villa; mountain retreat; mountain cottage
walking briskly; determinedly
old gentleman; elderly gentleman
grizzled; (hair) streaked with grey (gray)
thank you for your hard work; I appreciate your efforts
manner; demeanour; demeanor; bearing
family name; house name; family honour; family honor
this company; this organization; this association
holiday house; vacation home; villa; prison; jail