rising tide; incoming tide; flood tide; surge (in popularity, power, etc.); upswing
biggest; greatest; largest; maximum
prime contract work; prime contractor
construction; establishment
cutting a person down (without a second thought); sacrificing; throwing to the wolves; omission; rounding down (e.g. fractions); truncation
plan; policy; means; fifth principle of the Eight Principles of Yong; right upward flick
by means of; due to; because of; according to
to herd; to drive; to corner; to force someone into doing; to go hard; to push yourself
after that; afterwards; thereafter
job; work; duties; trade; skill
moving from place to place; being passed around repeatedly; rolling about
gradually (progress into a state); in sequence; in order; in turn
to struggle in the water; to sink below the surface and become unable to breathe; to (nearly) drown; to indulge in; to lose one's head over something; to be addicted
family; members of a family
(suffer) deterioration; growing worse; aggravation; degeneration; corruption
before long; soon; almost; nearly; finally; in the end
wife; (arch.) my dear; (arch.) dear; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); embellishment
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
breaking off relations; disconnection; insulation (esp. electrical); isolation
state; condition; situation; appearance; circumstances
thank you (for the meal); that was a delicious meal; thank you (for displaying lovey-dovey behaviour)
light (i.e. not heavy); feeling light (i.e. offering little resistance, moving easily); light (i.e. of foot); effortless; non-serious; minor; slight
shock (psychological); crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; shock (physical, mechanical); shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow); trauma
being good at cooking; good cook
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
he; she; that person; (arch.) you
to get used (to); to get familiar with; to get skillful with
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally
robbery; robbery case; burglary
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
head office; main office; main shrine; this company; this shrine
company employee; member of a corporation; company stockholder (esp. in legal contexts)
collection; recovery; withdrawal; retrieval
staff; stuff; stuffing; filling
internal conditions; true state of affairs
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
period of time; time slot; time zone