interview (e.g. for a job)
renovation; overhaul; update; repair; improvement; renewal
intellectual property right
cannot be compared with; no match for
high class; high grade; high rank; seniority
suit (clothing); suit (playing cards)
to wear; to be dressed in; to be adorned in; to clad oneself with
to run around; to bustle about
to shake; to sway; to waver
most of all; extremely; supremely
two legs; two feet; two pairs
to cut apart (cloth, paper, etc.); to sever (ties); to break off (relationship); to cut off (enemy's retreat); to block (road, etc.)
to be faced with the choice between two alternatives; to be presented with two difficult choices
evaluation criteria; evaluation standard
foreign-owned enterprise; company with capital participation by a foreign company; foreign-affiliated firm; alien corporation; foreign company
doctrine; rule; principle; -ism
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
to be sacked; to be fired; to be dismissed; to be beheaded
calculation; reckoning; count; forecast
foreign capital (e.g. in a company); foreign investment
head office; main office; main shrine; this company; this shrine
stock; share; stump; (clump of) roots; plant with attached roots or stem; strain (of bacteria, etc.); stock company
very rich person; the super rich
island; one's territory (e.g. of a sex worker, organized crime gang); one's turf
holiday house; vacation home; villa; prison; jail
(swimming) pool; pool (billiards); pool (together)
switching off (e.g. electricity); turning off (e.g. water); off-season; offset; off-road; off-line; off (the price)
exhausting work; hard work; severe duty
tension; mental strain; nervousness
to disentangle; to untangle; to unravel; to relax; to soften; to relieve (e.g. stress, tension)
foothold; footing; toehold; stepping stone
the front; honesty; uprightness; decency; normality
constitutionalism; Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan