to chase; to run after; to follow (a set order, a trend, etc.); to drive out; to get rid of; to drive (e.g. a herd)
solitude; loneliness; isolation
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
to curry favour (with); to play up (to); to cozy up (to); to butter up
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
skilled person; capable person; doer; performer; giver; bestower
listed company (on a stock exchange)
standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller; stretching oneself; overreaching oneself; overstretching oneself; trying to do something beyond one's ability
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
huge; vast; enormous; swelling; expansion
to be oversized (overloud, etc.)
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
worst; horrible; horrid; in the worst case; if worst comes to worst
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
foreign capital group; foreign company
long ago; previous; of a former age
to incline toward; to slant; to lurch; to go down (sun); to wane; to sink
Japanese company (business, firm)
to buy all (of something) one can get one's hands on; to buy up; to scoop up
to covet; to crave; to lust insatiably for; to indulge in; to devour greedily
vice; immorality; corruption
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
to take over; to capture; to seize; to hijack (vehicle, account, etc.)
position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view
definitely; absolutely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness
to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
without leaving any trace
yen (Japanese monetary unit); circle
addition; supplement; appending; appendix
to stick through; to force through; to spread throughout; to thoroughly diffuse; to make a path between two points; to proceed in a logical manner; to let pass
corporate headquarters; (company) group
indication; denotation; designation; instructions; directions
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
so far; up to now; hitherto; that's enough (for today); it ends here
(picture) frame; framed picture; amount (esp. of money); sum
to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with
collection; recovery; withdrawal; retrieval