to flick out; to spring out; to calculate; to work out; to expel (from a group); to drive out
private person; individual
structure; construction; arrangement; plan; plot; contrivance
to be better (than); to be superior; to surpass; to excel; to be excellent
one's post; one's station; department; bureau; section
to swing; to wield (physically); to exercise (e.g. power, ability); to exhibit; to flourish; to prosper
hundred million; 100,000,000; 10^8
yen (currency of Japan); circle
10^12; 1,000,000,000,000; trillion; sign; omen; indication
work; labor; achievement; performance; salary; income
negative; passive; half-hearted; unmotivated
at (a time or place); in; in (a situation, matter, etc.); on (a point); on the part of; under the authority of
to allow; to let (someone) do; to make (someone) do
financials; on the funding (capital) side
percussion; tapping; examining by percussion; sounding out (someone's intentions); making an approach (about)
after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means
circumstances; condition; arranging; managing; lending money; raising money
in fact; as a matter of fact; actually; in reality; to tell the truth
adversary; opposition; hostile forces
massacre; mass slaughter; genocide; holocaust
harsh (taste, feeling, etc.); acrid; sharp (language, question, etc.); biting; nasty; gross
(foreign) trade; (international) commerce; importing and exporting
to ill-treat; to bully; to torment; to be tough on (e.g. one's body); to treat harshly
sycophancy; toadying; apple-polishing; sesame seed grinding
to build a market for; to promote (a product); to promote oneself; to sell oneself; to sell heavily
refusal; rejection; denial; veto
superior; boss; them (as opposed to "us"); the elite; person above; upstairs neighbour (neighbor)
diplomatic; diplomatically
advantage; benefit; merit; good point; plus
perhaps; possibly; maybe; if; in case; in the event that
in addition; furthermore; above (which); on top of (which)
grandfather; male senior-citizen
oil; petroleum; kerosene; paraffin
interest; rights; concession
guerrilla; guerrilla warfare; sudden
tenacious; tough; enduring; dogged; headstrong; stubborn
political situation; political affairs
in accordance with; according to; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)