number of persons; personnel
guardian; protector; patron; parent
before one knows it; before one realises; without one's knowledge; without noticing
role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role
agreement (e.g. business, dispute); understanding; compromise; relationship; relation; (good, bad, etc.) terms
in advance; beforehand; previously; ahead of time
drainage; draining; pumping out (water); displacement
smokestack smoke; flue gas; factory smog; smoke extraction; smoke ejection; smoke dispersal
unexpected; contrary to expectations; by chance; casual
difficult to ...; hard to ...
working; in operation; running; active
vital part (of the body); tender spot; key point; essential point; male crotch (as a target in fighting); vital point
to incur someone's enmity
leaving out; omitting; skipping; (beating) in succession; in a row
even if; even though; even; too; whether ... or ...; no matter (what, where, who, etc.)
good policy; wise policy; best plan
at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else
to stand still (for a while); to remain in one place; to stand alone (of a building, statue, tree, etc.); to stand quietly; to wander about; to loiter
to throw away as useless; to scrap; to make null and void; to renege; to annul
guidance; leadership; leading the way
collapse; break; cave-in; market decline; market crash
subway; metro; underground (railway)
confident; full of confidence; cocky; full of oneself
construction; building; newly built ship; new boat; (another's) wife (usu. young); young, unmarried woman; wife of a samurai or wealthy tradesman
underground shopping center; underground shopping centre
diversion (e.g. of funds); appropriation; misappropriation; making use of (for another purpose); reuse; repurpose
concealment; hiding; covering up; suppression
monopolistic enterprise; monopoly
one's own judgement (judgment); decision made without consulting others; arbitrary decision; dogmatism
self-interest; selfish desire; greed
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly; less and less
this and that; one thing or another
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
to run into; to collide with; to come to the end of (a street); to run into (difficulties, problems, etc.); to run up against
barrier wall; bulkhead; partition; septum; diaphragm
region of the heart; central part; heart (e.g. of a city); center
reinforced concrete; ferroconcrete
to come out all right; to take care of itself; to go crazy; to become romantically or sexually involved (with someone)
to break; to smash; to defeat; to destroy; to eliminate
to cut off; to excise; to tear off; to cut out; to whittle down; to tear out