argument; discussion; dispute; controversy
as is usual with; in common with
storehouse; warehouse; godown
chimney; smokestack; funnel (of a ship); carrying a passenger without turning on the taximeter
safe; vault; storage cabinet
introduction; bringing in; leading in; installation
next generation; future generation
unfathomable; inestimable; immeasurable
work-in-progress; working state
deep inside; innermost place
defending to the last; desperate defence; stubborn defence
female office worker; office lady; OL
password; watchword; motto; slogan
Ladies and Gentlemen!; all of you; everyone
bamboo grass; generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)
since long ago; already; for quite a while; for some time now
ten thousand years; eternity; perennial; perpetual
division by 1000; one-thousandth
dawn; daybreak; event (e.g. "in the event of ..."); occasion; occurrence
absurd; foolish; stupid; silly; nonsense; ludicrous
polite; courteous; civil; friendship; (sexual) intimacy
tight-lipped; able to keep a secret
skilled; skillful; skilful; competent; capable; good
human resources training; development of human resources; personnel training
personnel expenses; labor cost; labour cost; indirect labour costs; indirect labor costs
more than one can possibly use; countless (e.g. examples); (money) to burn; rolling in (cash)
to impose a gag order; to hush up; to order someone not to mention something
to count on the abacus; to calculate cost-benefit; to calculate profitability; to be guided by self-interest
stone; bijou; trinket; stone (unit of weight: 14lb); curling stone; curling rock
Mr; Mrs; clan; he; him; counter for people
to provide; to furnish; to equip; to install
disappearance; vanishing; loss; dying away; wearing off