field; sphere; realm; division; branch
each country; every country; various countries; all countries
to compete with; to vie for
desperate; frantic; excited; worked up; heated; eager
private enterprise; private business; private company; private firm; private-sector business; private-sector corporation
taking part (in planning); participation
private citizen; civilian
to resort to violence; to use force; to be able to get; to be able to afford; to jab; to swing at a bad ball (baseball)
frontier (esp. the American frontier); frontier (of a field); forefront (of science, technology)
presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch
with profound (often hidden) meaning; pregnant with significance; meaningful; suggestive; interesting
other intention; hidden purpose; ulterior motive; ill will; malice
more than enough; more than ample; exhaustive
in proportion to; according to; depending on
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
distinctive of; characteristic of; uniquely applying to; but; except; without
special; particular; peculiar; unique
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
musical note; note symbol; phonetic symbol (incl. the kanji and kana-doubling symbols, vowel-lengthening symbol, etc.); part of a kanji for which the role is primarily to represent the pronunciation (as opposed to the meaning)
outside Earth's atmosphere; outer space; exoatmosphere; exo-atmosphere
accommodation facility (e.g. hotel); lodging facility; boarding house
to be in the news; to be talked about; to become a popular topic of conversation; to become the talk of the town; to become topical
topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news
memory; recollection; remembrance; memory; storage
beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially
threshold (esp. one with grooves for sliding doors); sill
to be far apart (from); to be a long way off (from); to be remote; to be very different (from); to be quite unlike; to be far from (e.g. the truth)
management; administration; operation
regarding with apprehension; viewing with anxiety
favourable; favorable; doing well; OK; all right
to be on track; to be going to plan; to enter orbit
achievement; performance; results; work; contribution
expansion; extension; magnification; enlargement; escalation; spread
shop; store; establishment; restaurant
opening a new store; opening a new branch; setting up a stall (at a festival, trade fair, etc.); setting up a booth; exhibiting
new store; newly-opened store
opening; start; opening credits; title sequence; theme song (played during the opening credits of a TV show, etc.)
same type; same model; isomorphism; homotypy
number two; mistress; concubine