to be prolonged; to drag on
depression; recession; slump
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
(department) store; (department) stores
business world; business circles; (the) industry
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
state; condition; situation; appearance; circumstances
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
amount sold; sales; proceeds; takings; turnover
rate; ratio; profit; assignment; 10%; unit of ten percent; match
indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
division (of a larger group); branch; field; class (subclass); group; category
strengthening; intensifying; reinforcement; enhancement; solidification
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
matter of the highest priority; top priority; first priority
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
rebuilding; reconstruction; rehabilitation; protoform reconstruction
trump card; ace up one's sleeve; secret weapon
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...
candidate; contender; prospect; candidacy; candidature; nomination
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
woman; female; feminine gender
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet
to entrust (a matter) to; to leave to; to abandon oneself to (e.g. pleasure); to yield to (e.g. anger); to devote oneself to
et cetera; etc.; or something; the likes of; for example; for instance
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?