union; joining; conjugation
department (in an organization); division; club; part; component; category
to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to
parts; accessories; components
material; material properties; quality of material; quality of wood; quality of lumber
via; through; by doing; by means of; using
betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
on and after; as from; hereafter; thereafter; since
succession; continuation; series; sequence
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
to disappear into; to slip into; to be lost in; to be mixed up with
either way; in any case; one way or another
announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known
free (of charge); gratuitous
exchange; interchange; switching; reciprocity; barter; substitution
repair; mending; fixing; servicing
settlement; solution; resolution
well then ...; in that situation; in which case
business plan; business schedule; project
big; large; drastic; full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)
change; modification; alteration; revision; amendment
on the contrary; far from it; if anything; in fact; instead
slump; crash; heavy fall; sudden decline
huge sum (esp. of money); enormous sum; massive amount
loss (of assets, profit, etc.)
in comparison to; rather than
preference; priority; precedence
to say; to speak; to tell; to talk
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
to notice; to recognize; to recognise; to become aware of; to perceive; to realize
to be tied together; to be connected to; to lead to; to be related to; to be related (by blood)
around the world; throughout the world
people; men and women; each person; everybody
to take someone's life; to kill someone
dangerous weapon; lethal weapon; deadly weapon; murder weapon
to keep company; to listen to; to associate with; to play against (e.g. a team); to take on (e.g. a rival)
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
to drop like a rock (e.g. of reputation, power, influence); to go down the toilet