honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
introduction; presentation; referral; listing
unheard-of; unprecedented; unparalleled in history (unparallelled); record-breaking
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
parent; parents; dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
approval; agreement; support; favour; favor
existence or nonexistence; presence or absence; consent or refusal; yes or no
young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
businessman; industrialist
coincident with; while; simultaneously
biggest shareholder; largest stockholder
to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case); to be ... or something
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
director; executive; officer; official; person in charge
ingenious; skillful; clever; deft
perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say
plural; multiple; several
bogus company; dummy corporation; shell company
to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet
advantage; benefit; merit; good point; plus
depression; recession; slump
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
acquisition (esp. corporate); buy-out; takeover; bribery; buying off; corruption
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
foreign capital (e.g. in a company); foreign investment
gadid (any fish of the family Gadidae, incl. cod, haddock, whiting and pollack); Pacific cod (Gadus macrocephalus)
representative; representation; delegation; switchboard number; main number
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
general meeting of stockholders
whole; all; general; gross; entire; overall
replacement; substitution; change; shunting (rail); switching
proposal; proposition; suggestion
to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing)
maintaining the status quo
condition; term; requirement; qualification; prerequisite
demand; firm request; requisition; requirement; desire
whistle (sound made with the lips)
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
sorry; excuse me; thank you