degree of recognition; level of familiarity; visibility (product)
to rise; to swell; to intensify; to increase; to grow stronger; to get higher
to prosper; to flourish; to thrive; to become popular; to become widespread
financial page (of newspaper); financial aspects; economic front
plus; addition; positive (number); plus sign; positive symbol; advantage; plus
besides; furthermore; on top of that; and yet; nevertheless; even so
discretion; judgement; judgment
to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to
to install (a king, emperor, etc.); to appoint (to a post); to promote; to assign (to study under)
branch; branch office; subdivision
investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey
worn-out; ragged; crumbling; dry and crumbly; falling (in drops or clumps); scattering
vigilante group; neighborhood watch; self-defense group
call; summons; call; invocation; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse)
intelligence gathering; information gathering
fashion; trend; vogue; prevalence (of a disease); epidemic
having to be; must be; should be; ought to be
commodity; article of commerce; goods; stock; merchandise
what; so-and-so; such and such; what?; wait; well, well
breaking up (a meeting, gathering, etc.); dispersal (e.g. of a crowd); dissolution (of a company, organization, etc.); winding-up; dissolution (of the Diet, Parliament, etc.)
so-and-so; who?; which people?
means of making a living; source of income; bread and butter; livelihood
upstart; parvenu; jumped-up person
to rise (suddenly) in the world (to a higher position)
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
collecting; accumulating; collection (of art, stamps, insects, etc.); garbage collection; waste collection
clever; smart; sharp (ear, etc.); sensitive; discerning
to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range
noon; midday; daytime; lunch
to spread; to be propagated
it is assuredly (that) ...; can say with confidence that it is ...
dangerous; unsettled; troubled; disturbed; insecure
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
philosophical view; looking at philosophically; long view; farsighted view
grandfather; male senior-citizen
beyond expectation; contrary to expectations; unexpectedly
easy to get into (e.g. of music, etc.); easily getting into (a certain mood, etc.)
to pinch; to hold (between one's fingers); to pick up and eat; to snack on; to pick out (the main point); to summarize
to elevate; to raise; to lift up; to flatter; to extol; to praise to the sky
to engrave an inscription; to call (designate) itself; to mark; to label
to glance at; to look at; to scan; to run one's eyes over