construction; establishment
management; (executive) staff; leaders; leadership; top brass; upper echelons
noon; midday; daytime; lunch
Mr; Mrs; clan; he; him; counter for people
going; travelling; act; action; bank; counter for banks; counter for groups or parties of people
door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows
warehouse; storehouse; cellar; magazine; granary; godown
managing director; executive director; routine business; regular business
red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red
slope; incline; hill; milestone; (age) mark
holly olive (Osmanthus heterophyllus); false holly; holly; spotnape ponyfish (Leiognathus nuchalis)
arbor; arbour; suffix forming the final part of the pseudonyms of some writers and performers; suffix forming the final part of the name of a restaurant
tatami room; dinner party in a tatami room with a geisha or maiko
mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
prince; subordinate Kumano shrine
knee; lap; knee and thigh (while sitting)
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
comprehension; consent; understanding; OK; roger (on two-way radio)
assimilation; absorption; adaptation; assimilation; anabolism; assimilation (phonology)
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
outline; main points; generally; on the whole; general; rough
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
remuneration; recompense; reward; toll
retainer fee (e.g. for a lawyer)
fee contingent upon success; contingency fee; completion bonus
to divide (into); to split (into); to share; to distribute; to distinguish; to discriminate; to break up (a fight)
to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)
(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when
nevertheless; at any rate; even so; all things considered; be that as it may
amount of money; sum of money
investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey
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)
expenses; expenditure; outgoings; outlays; costs
compression; condensation; constriction; compaction
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
to be profitable; to yield a profit
could result in (something undesirable); might end up (doing, happening); run the risk of
not the time for; not the place for; far from; anything but; ... is out of the question; ... isn't the word for it