splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight
management; administration; operation; running (business); conducting
ability; capability; skill
human nature; human heart; public feeling; people's sentiments; consciousness; awareness
grasping; seizing; holding; commanding; having control over
art; technique; means; way; trick; trap
to excel at; to be proficient at; to grow old; to ripen; to rise high (e.g. the sun)
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
(regular) customer; client; patron; clientele
contention; competition; rivalry; quarrel
entertainment (of guests; esp. in the corporate world); treating (to food and drinks); wining and dining
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
thousands; several thousand
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
company employee; member of a corporation; company stockholder (esp. in legal contexts)
large company; large enterprise; large corporation
president (of a society); chairman
job; work; duties; trade; skill
reigning; controlling; dictating
(world of) politics; political world; political circles
fat; thick; deep (of a voice); thick; daring; shameless
pipe; tube; channels, official or otherwise; (business) connections; tobacco pipe
advance (e.g. of Japanese exports) into overseas markets
health; healthy; sound; fit
face; mask; face guard; (in kendo) striking the head; surface (esp. a geometrical surface); page; aspect
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
steering; helmsman; coxswain; guidance; leadership; leader
to carry on one's shoulder; to shoulder; to bear; to bear (burden, responsibility, etc.); to take upon oneself
foresight; foreknowledge; divination
wife and children; (arch.) wife
among (other things); especially; particularly; inter alia; above all (else)
beautiful; pretty; lovely; sweet; pure (heart, friendship, etc.)
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
at that time; in those days
to learn something through hearing
plural; multiple; several
integration; unification; unity; combination; consolidation; synthesis
matter (to discuss); item (on the agenda); issue; (court) case