100,000,000; one hundred million
oil; petroleum; oil; lubricant; (cooking) oil; (massage) oil; ointment
periodic; regular; routine
offer; tender; providing; sponsoring (a TV program)
commodity; article of commerce; goods; stock; merchandise
Amitabha (Buddha); Amida; ghostleg lottery; ladder lottery; wearing a hat pushed back on one's head
company; corporation; workplace
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
good fortune (esp. omikuji fortune-telling result); good luck; auspiciousness; unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)
hill; height; knoll; rising ground
management; administration; operation; running (business); conducting
to withdraw from (a deal); to wash one's hands of; to lead by the hand
(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely
to lay in stock; to replenish stock; to procure; to learn; to find out; to take in
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
year by year; annually; every year; from year to year
scale; scope; plan; structure
small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
enough; sufficient; plenty; sufficiently; fully; thoroughly
to store; to save up; to accumulate (e.g. knowledge); to build up (e.g. experience); to grow (a beard, moustache, etc.); to wear
regular customer; valued client
companion; partner; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)
personal; individual; private
convenience; accommodation; advantage; benefit; expediency
to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to aim for; to strive for
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding
to be profitable; to yield a profit
user's manual; instruction manual; operation manual
zealous; enthusiastic; ardent; fervent; keen; eager
to look at; to gaze at; to look out over; to get a view of; to look on (from the sidelines); to stand by and watch
in succession; one by one
to eat up (completely); to put down (a rebellion); to suppress; (arch.) to make flat; (arch.) to level out
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
shrimp (infraorder Caridea); small shrimp, prawn or lobster
hum (of a TV, radio, etc.)
to recommend (someone to do); to advise; to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.); to suggest; to offer (a drink, cigarette, seat, etc.)
variety; kind; type; counter for kinds, species, etc.
all; entire; whole; altogether
to attempt; to test; to try out