focusing on only one thing; obsessively; intensely; selfish; self-serving
border (between countries); national border
protection; safeguard; shugo (Kamakura or Muromachi period military governor)
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
to reconsider; to rethink; to reassess
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
along (a river, coast, railway, etc.); on (e.g. a street)
sale; sales; selling; marketing
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
right; correct; proper; righteous; just
startup; booting up; activation; starting (e.g. engine, computer); launch
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
hiring from another company; recruitment; quick costume change (taking off outer costume); drawing (wire, pipes, metal plate); extraction; pulling out
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
minuteness; one millionth
relation; connection; relevance
commodity; article of commerce; goods; stock; merchandise
to contract (to do); to undertake; to take on (work); (arch.) to take responsibility for; (arch.) to be liable for
one arm; one's right-hand man; one's right hand
to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
seeing (someone) off; send-off; deferment; postponement; letting a pitch go by; wait-and-see attitude
per-capita division; division according to the number of people
special; particular; extraordinary; exceptional; especial
to make coffee; to brew coffee
handsome man; man's looks; good looks; manliness
in fact; as a matter of fact; actually; in reality; to tell the truth
being very busy; busyness
business; work; operations; service; duties
to throw out; to drop; to toss; to abandon; to neglect; to dismiss
devotion; attachment; obsession; infatuation; (romantic) obsession
way; manner; (for) the first time in (e.g. ten years); after ...; ...-sized; amount (equivalent to ...)
protection; safeguard; guardianship; preservation; conservation
without trouble; easily; readily
sympathy; empathy; response; identification (with someone)
head (of organization, organisation); chief; sheikh; emir
large bird; peng (giant bird said to transform from a fish); fenghuang (Chinese phoenix)
getting (very) cold; becoming (much) colder; chill; cooling down (of economic activity); slowdown; decline
more than usual (usu. time)