continuation; continuance; going on; resuming
opening (a new store, golf course, runway, etc.); open; frank; open (car, collar, tournament, etc.)
strike (i.e. industrial action)
betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)
promise; agreement; appointment; engagement; convention; rule
number of persons; personnel
holiday; vacation; day off; time off; leave; furlough
pensive (or worried) look on one's face
all members; all hands; everyone; everybody; whole crew
looking or acting as if one owned the place
to be awash with; to teem with; to be full of
large part; greater part; people in general; general public; mostly; for the most part
indulgence (esp. in the Catholic Church); pardon; excuse; justification; making amends for a previous misdoing
permission; allowance; acceptance; tolerance; pardon
at present; currently; so far; for now; for the time being
reaching a stopping place; settling down (before the next stage); getting to a point where one can rest; one paragraph
letter (of an alphabet); character; writing
polite; courteous; careful; close; overly courteous; overly careful
gold (Au); golden; prosperous; money (esp. ōban coin); cash
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
estimate (of costs); budget
cut; reduction; curtailment
side; flank; profile; aspect; dimension
customization; customisation
to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture
management; administration; operation; running (a business); conducting
to connect; to tie; to fasten; to transfer (phone call)
on the way; as one goes; in the future; someday; eventually
to keep (a pet or other animal); to have; to own; to raise; to rear; to feed
to row (a boat) to (a pier, shore, etc.); to reach (a goal after considerable effort); to arrive at; to (finally) manage to do
ancient times; prehistoric times; the distant past; a very long time ago
change for the better; improvement; looking better (than before)
present continuous tense; present progressive form; ongoing; (currently) active; currently in progress
all companies; each company
competition; contest; rivalry; competition (between organisms or species)
(one's) exclusive use; private use; dedicated use; use for a particular purpose; exclusive use (of particular products); using only (e.g. a certain brand)
rival; competitor; competition
future; possible; potential; prospective
promising; hopeful; full of promise
field; sphere; realm; division; branch
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
to follow; to come after; to come next (to); to rank next (to); to rank second (to)
to repair; to mend; to change; to alter; to put back; to put away; to cure