major company; big company; front castle gate; force attacking the front of a castle
implicitly; indirectly; tacitly; by implication; obscurely
connection; link; relationship
to be suspicious of (someone's motives); to suspect (that)
party (of people); set (of people); clan; family; fellow
to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten
wide-awake to one's interests
excessive profits; unfair profit; exorbitant interest; usury
to covet; to crave; to indulge in; to do ceaselessly; to eat greedily; to devour
to begin to appear; to begin to come in
advocate; proponent; supporter
taking part (in planning); participation
group; party; team; organization; organisation; association
to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel
to see; to witness; to observe; to catch sight of; to get a glimpse of; to encounter
variable measure of fabric (28.8 cm in width); for kimonos: at least 10 m in length; 300 tsubo (991.74 meters square, 0.24506 acres); six ken (10.91 m)
to face on; to look out on to
assembly hall; parliament house; diet building; capitol; houses of parliament; congress hall
to hold (in one's hand); to take (into one's hand); to own; to obtain
nonsense; no meaning; meaningless
to die down (storm, anger, conflict, etc.); to calm down; to be at peace; to be governed well; to subside (of pain, symptoms, etc.); to be alleviated
to pile up; to make a heap; to lay (e.g. bricks); to acquire (e.g. experience); to build (a reputation)
to drop like a rock (e.g. of reputation, power, influence); to go down the toilet
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
well-bred; of good upbringing
genuine; authentic; true; real
to recover; to rally; to improve; to carry in a different way; to change one's grip (on); to shift (a bag, etc.) from one hand to the other
exemplar; model; example; pattern
perhaps; maybe; perchance; by some chance; by any chance
occurrence; incidence; generation (of power, heat, etc.); production; ontogeny; development
black curtain; wirepuller; mastermind; backroom manipulator
viewing optimistically; thinking optimistically; taking an optimistic view; looking on the bright side
spontaneous generation; abiogenesis; natural occurrence; spontaneous occurrence
to fall below (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to be less than; to be lower than; to fall just short of; to be just under
opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows
to pull (the puppet) strings; to direct things from behind the scenes; to stretch out (and keep going); to linger on
compromise; collusion; give and take; hey; listen; look