union; alliance; combination; RENGO (Japanese Trade Union Confederation)
economic; financial; economical; thrifty; frugal
profit; gains; benefit; advantage; grace (of God, Buddha, etc.) (esp. as attained through rightful actions, prayer, adherence to one's faith, etc.); blessing
even if; no matter (what); if; though; although; supposing
be (that) as it may; having said that
commerce; trade; business
business rival; professional jealousy
trend; tendency; movement; attitude
monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
curse; spell; malediction
funny; comical; humorous; ridiculous; silly; absurd
to go past (a place or thing); to go beyond
to scoff; to laugh at; to make fun of; to ridicule; to jeer at
roar of laughter (from multiple people); burst of laughter; uproarious laughter; laughing hard (by a single person)
to pin down; to immobilize; to immobilise; to control; to suppress
whaa whaa; sound of a baby crying
to roll around laughing; to fold up; to hold one's sides with laughter
go that far; to that extent
now that; since; so long as; because
corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with
to ask a question; to begin to ask a question
to face each other; to be opposite one another; to be in opposition; to conflict
to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)
impossible; unlikely; improbable
if you are so inclined; if it suits you; if you like
intention; wish; purpose; mind (to do)
to wager; to bet; to risk; to stake; to gamble
rough; careless; slovenly; slipshod; rude; impolite
to declare; to assert; to say bluntly; to say straight out
don't worry about it; there is nothing to fear; there is no need for anxiety; everything is under control
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
negligent; careless; slipshod; slovenly; reckless; irresponsible
to choke; to be choked (by); to sob convulsively
to glare at each other; to confront each other
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
struggling; pawing (e.g. horses' hooves)
regret; repentance; remorse
to swell (out); to expand; to be inflated; to get cross; to get sulky; to pout
while; during (the time when)
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)