guidance; leading (the way); information; notice; announcement (of one's arrival); invitation
to be much obliged (to someone); to receive favor (favour); to be indebted; to be grateful
fully fledged; full-fledged; proper; competent; qualified; full-grown
first meeting; first interview with
post; official position; managerial position; executive position
going out to shop; going shopping; buying in quantity; buying wholesale; bulk purchasing
after a while; a little while later; shortly afterward
(in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of; (at) the height of
appearance (in the eyes of society); decency
towards (a destination); for the purpose of; with the goal of; targeting (a group, a demographic)
political measures; policy
front part; frontage; facade; initial pledge (e.g. election); opening slogan
to emboss; to print out; to print; to work out (e.g. policy); to hammer out; to strike (a drum indicating the end of a performance)
thereabouts; vicinity; that area; that situation; those circumstances
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
the future (usually distant); future tense; the world to come
if so; in that case; in that situation
to confide; to reveal; to disclose; to lay bare; to speak frankly; to open (one's heart)
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
urban area; urban district
emergency; extraordinary; unusual
low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); low (position); close to the ground; short (height); deep (voice); in a low key
lightning; flash of lightning; lightning bolt
work; business; company; study
what?!; what did you say?!; why?; what for?; anyone; anything
so what?; what of it?; and?; why do you ask?
development; exploitation
manufactured goods; finished goods; product
patent; special permission; licence (license); proprietary
application; request; petition
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
new product; new line (of products)
next (year, spring, etc.); coming; since (last month, etc.); for (20 years, etc.)
to be left without means of sustenance; to be turned adrift in the streets; to be rendered homeless; to be out in the cold; to be down and out
to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble
to wound; to injure; to hurt someone's feelings (pride, etc.); to damage; to chip
to interrupt; to interfere; to meddle; to intrude; to butt in; to poke one's nose into
demotion; relegation; reduction in rank; degradation; downward move