safety; security; safely; without incident; good health; inaction
to thrust before; to thrust at
complete ignorance (usu. in reference to feigning); lack of knowledge
to stick through; to force through; to spread throughout; to thoroughly diffuse; to make a path between two points; to proceed in a logical manner; to let pass
to pull; to draw; to string (lines); to run (cable); to pull towards oneself (e.g. someone's sleeve); to drag; to haul
in one go; in one gulp; in one breath; immediately; instantly; right away
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
to depend (on the situation); to be handled case by case
present condition; existing state; status quo; current state
trend; tendency; movement; attitude
depending on; as soon as; immediately after; as (e.g. "as one is told", "as one wishes"); whatever (e.g. "whatever is at hand"); order; program
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
quite capable of ...; could happen; not unlikely to
sorrow; grief; anguish; trouble; affliction; anxiety
apprehensions; misgivings; uneasiness; anxiety; fear
sharp (blade); pointed; sharp (pain); stabbing; perceptive; keen
implementation (e.g. of a system); materialization; materialisation; realization; realisation; actualization
several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number
10^12; 1,000,000,000,000; trillion; sign; omen; indication
(positive) economic effect
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
project; enterprise; business; (arch.) act; (arch.) deed; (arch.) conduct
front company (for an organized crime operation)
all; everything; entirety; absolutely (not); (not) at all; (none) whatsoever
to manage (all by oneself); to control; to run; to take charge of
Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry; METI
elite bureaucrat; high government official; high-ranking bureaucrat; senior government official
(a) weakness; shortcoming; failing; sore point
to clasp; to grasp; to hold (the answer); to have (e.g. the solution); to seize (power); to hold (the reins)
important person; influential figure; big shot; big thing; big one; big game
to fall down; to fall over; to turn out; to play out; to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism); to apostatize
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)
offender; criminal; culprit
to select; to choose; to diagnose (an illness); to judge; to liken to something else; to regard as something else (e.g. to use another person as a mirror); to see someone off
inside a police station, fire station, tax office, etc.
robbery and murder; murder during robbery
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
ongoing; in progress; afoot
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
only; merely; but; no more than
to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms); to put together; to construct; to braid; to plait; to grapple
property; fortune; means; assets