apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal
main force; chief object; mainline
individual; one by one; separate; each
this is why; this means; it is the case that
influence; clout; leverage
to manage (all by oneself); to control; to run; to take charge of
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
to be no match for (e.g. outclassed in authority, strength or in debt to); to be unable to act on an equal basis with
lineage; stock; descent; strain; blood relationship
union; alliance; combination; RENGO (Japanese Trade Union Confederation)
influential; prominent; strong; likely; plausible
ongoing; in progress; afoot
row; line; company (of someone); group; sequence; counter for rows
remote countryside; boondocks; the sticks
if one is unlucky; if one is careless
to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued
self-responsibility; on one's own responsibility; at one's own risk
one's own convenience; one's way; surroundings; environment; convenience; ease of use; financial circumstances
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
to squash; to crush; to flatten
to be born and raised (in); to be born and brought up; to be born and bred
sense of values; values; value system
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
to mistake one thing for another; to mix up two things; to confuse two things; to misunderstand; to misapprehend
being in dire distress; being hard put to it; the four and eight kinds of suffering
to be embarrassed; to lose face
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
in order; in turn; one by one
course (e.g. of lectures); academic university unit (professor, lecturers, etc.)
clearing one's throat; cough
authority; power; influence
system; institution; organization; organisation
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
merchant; trader; tradesman; dealer; shopkeeper
to be commonly referred to as; as people say; as the saying is; they say
university or college offering four-year programs; the big four ...; the four major ...
a family; a household; (one's own) style; school; gang; (yakuza) family
four; four years of age; ten o'clock (old time system); Burakumin; cross grips