investment climate; investment environment
direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)
to advance (spatially); to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to move ahead (e.g. of work); to intensify
honorific/polite/humble prefix
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
on and after; from ... onward; since
stagnation; tie-up; standstill; congestion; delay; accumulation
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
rather; better; instead; if anything
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
to run away; to flee; to avoid (a question, responsibility, etc.); to evade; to win without being overtaken; to hold off the other contenders (until the finish)
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...; wow
in that way; thus; so; the same; so?
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
police; police officer; police station; self-appointed enforcer (of a rule, standard, etc.); busybody
than; rather than; instead of; from; out of; except
fast; quick; early; soon; premature; too soon
to find; to discover; to come across; to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker
sum; harmony; peace; Japan; Japanese-style
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
store; shop; establishment; restaurant
to visit; to call on; to pay a visit to
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
woman; female; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
having special circumstances (e.g. problems, issues, advantages, flaws, defects, etc.); imperfect (merchandise); with defects
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
to be seen; to be visible; to look; to seem; to come
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
deep (hole, forest, snow, etc.); dense (e.g. fog); thick (e.g. weeds, woods); close (e.g. relationship); deep (involvement); intense (e.g. longing, flavor); severe
various; a variety of; variously; in various ways; various things; this and that
purpose; utility; objective; way to use something
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!