to attract interest; to get attention to appeal
dot matrix printer; dot printer; matrix printer
coal mine; (coal) pit; colliery; coal-mine shaft
canary (esp. the island canary, Serinus canaria)
to start to move; to get going; to come alive
to be ordered (to do); to be charged with (a duty); to be assigned (a job)
all; wholly; entirely; completely; without exception
battle for sales at year-end; year-end shopping season
buyer; purchaser; method of buying
exceptional; unusual; extraordinary; unprecedented; singular
axis; shaft; center; centre; stalk; stem
closely-guarded secret; top secret
Kanrikogaku Kenkyusho, Ltd.
Tōkai region (of Honshu; incl. Aichi, Shizuoka, Mie and southern Gifu prefectures); eastern sea; Tōkaidō (Edo-period Edo-Kyoto highway); (arch.) Japan
sound; sure; safe; steady; firm
unspecified large number (of people)
remuneration; recompense; reward; toll
to fail to collect (e.g. a debt)
small number; few; minority
pilgrimage; walking tour; travelling (on foot)
ability; capacity; capability; physical strength
to guess; to conjecture; to surmise
to raise one's head; to come to the fore; to rise into importance; to gain strength; to rear its head
white clay; white earth; kaolin; mortar
to fit (e.g. a pane into a frame); to set (e.g. a diamond); to plug in (to a formula); to entrap; to take (someone) in
transition; changeover; switchover; transfer (of powers, weight, etc.); shift (e.g. of centre of gravity)
to become public; to become known; to come out in the open; to be formal; to be official
to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)
preliminary investigation
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
to devise; to plot; to plan
international trade; international trading