acquisition; obtaining; coming to hand
abundant; ample; plentiful; lustrous; glossy
circulation (money, goods, etc.); distribution; circulation (air, water, etc.); ventilation; negotiable (e.g. shares); distributional
composition; synthesis; composite photo; (function) composition
ingredient; (raw) material; unprocessed timber; raw timber; subject matter; topic
enterprise; business; company; corporation
university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
selling off; disposal by sale; sale
gold (Au); golden (color); valuable; of highest value; money; gold coin; Friday
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; movie (esp. during the silent movie period)
few decades; many decades; several decades
one's cherished opinion; pet theory
to overturn; to capsize; to overthrow (government etc.); to reverse (decision etc.); to disprove (an established theory etc.)
tedious; boring; being fed up with
splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK
to excel; to surpass; to exceed; to outweigh; to preponderate
market price; speculation (e.g. on stocks); reputation (according to conventional wisdom); estimation
behind closed doors; behind-the-scenes; (under the veil of) secrecy
that field; the authorities (esp. the police)
presentation; exhibit; suggest; citation
amount of money; sum of money
study; research; investigation
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
to stop; to stay (e.g. the night); to contain; to keep (in position, in place); to record (e.g. a fact); to retain
return of something; repayment
patching (clothing); darning; cobbling together (other people's writings, thoughts, etc.); gathering
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth
to sell (well); to be well known; to be popular; to be famous
to bury; to inter; to entomb; to cover up; to hush up; to shelve
one-eyed; first (in a series); initial
concise; brief; succinct; compact (style)
blasphemy; curse; profanity; sacrilege; desecration