stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs
law; act; method; mood; dharma; law
patent; special permission; license; licence
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface
application; filing an application
registration; accession; register; entry; record; subscription
August; eighth month of the lunar calendar
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
to obtain; to get; to procure; to win; to secure
July; seventh month of the lunar calendar
owner of the rights to a patent; patentee; holder of a patent
form; method; system; formula
furnished with; including; attached to; impression; appearance; luck; sociality
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
north; the North; northern territories; North Korea; (arch.) north wind
ward; borough; city (in Tokyo); district (e.g. electoral); section; zone (e.g. postal)
growth; breeding; growing up (in, as); upbringing
mother; mom; wife; you (of an elderly person older than the speaker); she
as a child; when one was a child
father; dad; husband; you (of an elderly person older than the speaker); he
company president; manager; director
the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
considerably; greatly; a lot
to be crushed; to be squashed; to go bankrupt; to go under; to be ruined (of a plan); to be cancelled; to be lost (of one's voice, eyesight, sense of smell, etc.)
neighborhood association; neighbourhood association
origin; source; basis; base; cause; (raw) material; ingredient
uncle; old man; mister; manybar goatfish (Parupeneus multifasciatus)
to drink; to swallow; to smoke (tobacco); to swallow up; to engulf; to suppress (one's anger, bitter feelings, etc.); to keep down
to invite; to ask (someone to do); to tempt; to lure; to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.); to arouse (e.g. sympathy)
various; a variety of; variously; in various ways; various things; this and that
to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out; to hand (over); to give
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
company employee; member of a corporation; company stockholder (esp. in legal contexts)
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (so) what (are you trying to say)?; what (do you mean)?