consideration; taking into account
execution (e.g. of a plan); carrying out; practice; action; implementation; fulfillment
acquisition; obtaining; gaining possession; purchase
abandoning (hope, plans); giving up
nature (of a person); sex; gender; sex (i.e. sexual attraction, activity, etc.); gender; -ty
stimulus; impetus; incentive; encouragement; motivation; provocation
Patent Office; Patent Agency
riding ground; racecourse; racetrack
October; tenth month of the lunar calendar
number; edition; sobriquet; pen-name; size (of printing types, canvases, knitting needles, etc.); suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc.
charming; fascinating; attractive
simulation; simulation (of a foul); diving; flopping
10^12; 1,000,000,000,000; trillion; sign; omen; indication
enforcement; implementation; putting into practice; carrying out; operation; working (e.g. working parameters)
fee; charge; rate; material
IBM; International Business Machines
fiscal year (usu. April 1 to March 31 in Japan); financial year; academic year; school year; product year
profit; gains; benefit; advantage; grace (of God, Buddha, etc.) (esp. as attained through rightful actions, prayer, adherence to one's faith, etc.); blessing
set; set meal; combo-meal; hairdo
prototype; model; pattern; archetypal
ordering (materials); placing an order; order
at this juncture; after all this time; at this stage; now
slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late
exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)
weeding; weeder; weeding fork
every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)
division (of company); operations department
factory; plant; mill; workshop
establishment; institution; installation (of a machine or equipment)
Kyūshū (southernmost of the four main islands of Japan)
Kumamoto (city, prefecture)
one's family register; one's domicile; nationality; membership (club, party, etc.)
(one's) superior; (one's) boss; the higher-ups
stomach-ache; stomach pain; gastralgia
the preceding year; the previous year; last year
outbreak (e.g. of war); outburst; sudden occurrence
Yom Kippur War; fourth Arab-Israeli war (October 6-25, 1973)