song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
number; edition; sobriquet; pen-name; size (of printing types, canvases, knitting needles, etc.); suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc.
to set up shop; to open a store
very rich person; the super rich
to build; to construct; to erect; to amass (e.g. fortune); to pile up
antinomy; self-contradiction; either-or situation; choice between mutually exclusive alternatives
extremely; terrifically; super
10^12; 1,000,000,000,000; trillion; sign; omen; indication
dreadnought class (of warship)
lavish feast; splendid banquet; corporate largess; lavish hospitality
repaying a debt after achieving success; promise to repay a debt after achieving success
it's (so cheap it's) a steal!; (lit.) take it away, thief
essential; important; crucial; vital; main
control (of a machine, device, etc.); control (over an opponent, one's emotions, etc.); governing; management
now (while the time is ripe); while one still can
staff; stuff; stuffing; filling
noisy; confused; uproarious
assistance; help; aid; support; reinforcement
ceremony; matter; affair; with regard to; as for
destruction; disruption; (application) crash
creation; Creation (by God)
to destroy; to crush; to break by striking; to spoil; to ruin
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
ago; since; before; previous
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
to yield; to give in; to bend (knee, etc.); to subdue; to overpower; (arch.) to feel down
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
handicraft; work; construction; maneuvering; manoeuvering
drawing and manual arts (school subject)
if it is the case that ...
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
compression; condensation; constriction; compaction
to produce; to yield; to cause; to result from; to arise; to be generated
huge; vast; enormous; swelling; expansion
energy; energy; strength; energy source; energy resource; food energy
to need; to call for; to require
when it becomes; when it comes to