acquisition (esp. corporate); buy-out; takeover; bribery; buying off; corruption
low-priced; cheap; inexpensive; shallow (e.g. sympathy); superficial; cheap (e.g. government)
session (of a legislature)
whispering; murmuring; subdued
to mutter; to murmur; to grumble; to tweet (Twitter)
betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)
to tailor; to make (clothing); to train; to bring up; to make it seem like; to pass off
action of making something; -ification
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
to tilt (esp. head); to lean; to incline; to slant
main constituent; core; nucleus; subject (philosophical); protagonist
one vehicle; one ryō (an old coin)
signboard; sign; draw; attraction; reputation (of a shop); name
when it becomes; when it comes to
coincident with; while; simultaneously
publicity; advertisement; advertising; propaganda
fame; reputation; popularity; rumour (rumor); talk
number; edition; sobriquet; pen-name; size (of printing types, canvases, knitting needles, etc.); suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc.
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
advertisement; advertising; announcement; notice
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
boarding (a train, bus, etc.); getting into (e.g. a taxi)
inspection; study by observation; field trip; sitting out (e.g. PE class)
establishment; creation; posing (a problem); options setting; preference settings; configuration
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event
adding water (to a plant)
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
saying something (to someone); greeting; approaching (someone)
from the place (where); from the fact that ...; caused by the fact that ...; because
no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
proposal; proposition; suggestion
to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important
to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)
this way (of doing); this method; this sort (of thing); this type
to be helpful; to be useful