wholesale store; wholesale dealer; wholesaler
as everyone knows; needless to point out
to suffer a disappointment; to feel let down; to have one's attack (question, etc.) sidestepped; to be given the slip
rough estimate; rough calculation; expectation; anticipation; plan
in session; in progress; under way; open
greatest treasure; most valuable asset; pride (of)
to enclose; to impound; to cut off; to corral
competitiveness; competitive edge; competitive power
great wealth; enormous fortune
to be imminent; to loom; to be approaching; to be impending
Island; insula; island; islet
literature; books (reference); document
purple; violet; Lithospermum erythrorhizon (species of gromwell); type of soy sauce
town; city; municipal; urban
to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake
to destroy; to overthrow; to wreck; to ruin
measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy
recurrence; revival; resuscitation
land route; overland route; by land; overland
ex post facto report; report after the event
quarantine; medical inspection
crowding together; clustering together; close formation; swarm
downfall; ruin; collapse; destruction
(sense of) reality; realness; realism; authenticity; viability
disaster; accident; calamity; catastrophe
to burn down (to the ground); to clear away by burning; to reduce to ashes; to burn off
apprehensions; misgivings; uneasiness; anxiety; fear
true character; real nature
cultivation; nurture; culture
preparatory phase; preparatory period
security police; special police; special; TV special; standard-playing (record); SP; shore patrol
to disturb; to prevent; to obstruct; to hinder
foundation; basis; bedrock; substrate (circuit board)