commercial (radio, TV, etc.); ad; construction management; contract manufacturer; customer management; court martial
for example; for instance; e.g.
average; mean; balance; equilibrium
(period of) a year; during an era
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
income; receipts; revenue
dozens; scores of; decades
10^8; 100,000,000; hundred million
serious; earnest; real sword (as opposed to a wooden practice weapon)
large amount of money; great cost
way (of doing); manner; method; means
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation
to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)
single word; a few words; brief comment
and; or; and the like; and so forth; and what not
fool; idiot; dotage; senility; touched in the head (from); out of it (from)
dregs; sediment; lees (esp. sake); leftovers; by-product; worthless item; junk
waste; scrap; garbage; scum; piece of trash; loser
to talk or say too much; to go too far; to overstate; to exaggerate
manufacturing; craftsmanship; making New-Year's decorations; (arch.) preparing fields; (arch.) farming
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
sudden; abrupt; urgent; pressing; steep; sharp; rapid
to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish
in one's own way or style
desperation; struggle to the death
once; one time; one round; one game; one bout; one heat
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
family breakdown; family disintegration; collapse of one's family
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
meaning; significance; sense
that's true; of course; obviously
master (of a house, shop, etc.); husband; sir; boss; patron of a mistress, geisha, bar or nightclub hostess; sugar daddy
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding
for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
these days; nowadays; present day; at this time (of the day)
to force; to compel; to coerce; to press; to impose